We tried a "western style food" restaurant today. Most of the food tasted wrong though. For example, the garlic bread didn’t taste like garlic at all, pasta and tomato sauce had a lot of oil in it. It is the same if you go to an Asian restaurant in America, the food may be ok, but very different compared to here.
The bus from Chengde to Beijing was supposed to take the new expressway, but after an hour or so, there was a roadblock and the bus was forced to detour for half the way back. The bus also had trouble with the transmission, would not always get in gear, and problems with the breaks. The breaks seemed like all or nothing, throwing everyone forward in the bus at the slightest slow down. My friend said maybe it was a good idea we got insurance for our tickets. They will usually make you pay 1 yuan insurance for bus tickets.
Back in Beijing, I had time to see a new Chinese movie: Painted Skin.