The Ciel Show for Friday, April 5, 2019

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Friday, April 5, 2019

Starting Saturday

Today we plan to visit the zoo, especially the pandas. We'll take a taxi there and back again to save my back and hips which just can't take all the walking, so we will cut back on that as we can. The subway system is only a couple of blocks away, and would take us right there but would take a lot longer in transit. Charlie found something sort of fascinating in a terrible way: puppy-shaped ice cream. He said it was good and chocolatey, but acknowledged he should not have named it. Wu Ping, if... Sign in to see full entry.

a few more notes on the trip

For the first time since we arrived here, I have managed not to fall asleep around 5pm here-time which is 3am home-time. This improves the chances of not waking at midnight, ready to begin another day. Naturally, our internal clocks will adjust pretty much in time to go home and be off by 14 hours there. Something happened on yesterday's tours that was unexpected and amusing: three times Charlie and I were asked by different pairs of women to let them have their photos taken with us. It's kind... Sign in to see full entry.

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