Ni hao! I don't know why Pete didn't mention our little expedition over the Golden Week, but if you've been looking at our slide show you may be asking the following questions:
Why is there a beach in Beijing?
Why does it look like Oktoberfest?
Why do Pete and Noel have a giant beer tent full of Chinese friends?
Well the answers are as follows:
It's not Beijing, it's Qingdao (home of Tsingtao Chinese beer).
It's the Qingdao beer fest!
Everyone is very friendly in China, especially at beer festivals!!
Qingdao was about an hour's flight from Beijing. We were expecting a seaside city, perhaps the size of Ft. Lauderdale ... instead it turns out to be a 'small' city of 4 million! Also, since it was the holiday week, there had to be at least 6 million there. The buildings in this picture are not the main business district either - that was about twice the size of this area.
Since Qingdao is on the coast, they have a lot of seafood. We ordered up a selection, and got these guys. If anyone has ever seen prawns like this please let us know the proper way to peel them. We did manage to find a way to eat them (after photographing them thoroughly first) - they were delicious.
Oh, and another Qingdao specialty ... beer in bags (we guessed it was about 1.5 lt's worth for about $1).
The festival was HUGE! With many exotic beers from around the world, such as Pabst Blue Ribbon. Of course there was Tsingtao - as well as a good selection of German brands. We ended up in the Hoffbrau House (HB) tent, where we made many new friends!
1 comment:
Such a classy lady Noel! Love the beer in the bag photo :)
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