The ol' bait and switch

11.11.2016

I took the bus straight after class and found myself at Tianhe station just in time for dinner a my host Pietro's house. He met me with his girlfriend Pear and their dog Sleepy outside their massive gated community. I brought some expensive wine but it tasted just as good as the cheap stuff. Pietro made pumpkin soup and stew while Pear made cilantro rice.

In the morning I left a little later than I planned because Pietro prepared a nice breakfast of home made bread and yogurt.

I went to Dongshan, a historic part of town with a few buildings from the early 20th century.

That was nice, but I had to go back to the opera house for what I thought was a Shakespeare play. I picked up some sushi and a snack for my lunch in the park. I went to the theatre at 2 p.m. and sat down. All there was was a screen with ads for pre-recorded performances from London. I started to clue in that it was not going to be a performance, it was only a movie.

I asked for a refund and a manager marched me down to the ticket office. I told him there was no indication on the website that all these plays for 160 yuan were actually only movies. He realized the English website was inaccurate and apologized. So I got my money back and went back downtown to the tomb of King Nanyue. It had a ton of beautiful jade treasures which construction workers found in the gravesite of this insanely extravagant ancient leader.

After that, I was really tired, so I went back to Pietro's house where they already had dinner waiting for me. Pear had made some awesome Chinese food. On the way home my sandal fell apart! I had them for one year and was very emotional about it. My previous pair of Chacos lasted a lot longer than that. Later they replaced them for free, but they wouldn't send them to China so I have to wait for them.

Dongshan