Pizza with chopsticks
Door: Jill Peters
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27 September 2013 | China, Peking
We had lunch with all the people who were present at the translation center. Toa accompany the Chinese food they had ordered pizza and served coca cola specially for us. This for me was really a meeting between Western and Chinese culture, because the pizza slices were served in a bowl and we ate them with chopsticks. The noodles and the vegetables were very delicious.
It was really inspiring to see how many people were working in the translation center. They translate books, teachings, blogs and micro-blogs into different languages. I encourage you to take a look on their website: http://www.longquanzs.org/eng/index.php. They are active in many different ways and extensively describe these on this site.
In the afternoon I had some time for my self, which was great as I was able to get some rest after all the new impressions. In the evening there was an VU alumni dinner at a restaurant downtown. The restaurant served typical food from Beijing and once again it was delicious and plentiful. It was interesting to meet the Chinese alumni who had either graduated or had spent a year or a semester studying at VU university. I had a lot of interesting conversations with the alumni that were sitting near me. I was surprised when they told me that one thing they missed was Dutch food, for example the Cool Best juice and the Dutch bread, yoghurt and cheese. One of the alumni had even traveled from Shanghai to Beijing especially for this dinner.
Tomorrow practically the whole delegation is heading back to the Netherlands. I will stay for six more days and tomorrow, very early in the morning someone will come to pick me up and drive me to Longquan Monastery where I will spend the weekend. I am really looking forward to this visit and you will read about my experiences there very soon.
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Je kunt nu ook Smileys gebruiken. Via de toolbar, toetsenbord of door eerst : te typen en dan een woord bijvoorbeeld :smiley