We, Elena, Weronika, Bill and I, got up really early this morning to leave off towards Xiamen. The railway station 杭州东站 was really full since this was the beginning of the Golden Week, where nearly all Chinese have a week of holidays, starting from the National Day on October 1st. The train to Xiamen took 7 hours. Well arrived in Xiamen, we took the metro and a bus towards our hostel. The hostel was really nice. We had a room for four and even a bathroom with a proper shower. So luxurious! In the evening we went out for dinner and to explore the neighborhood next to our hostel. The neighborhood has lots of cats living on the street and the district around our hostel was kind of hipster with lots of colors and cat decorations. For dinner I tried something typical for Xiamen, 厦门海蛎煎 Xiamen oyster fry. I didn't really understand what I ordered because on the picture it looked like a Pizza. In fact it was an omelette with lots of oysters. Interesting combo... ...
The Mid-Autumn Festival, 仲秋节 , is the second biggest traditional Chinese festival and is celebrated on the 15th August of the lunar calendar. On this holiday usually families gather, enjoy the full moon, light some lanterns, eat some moon cakes, drink tea. The festival was originally a harvest festival. The mythological story can be read here . In the evening when the darkness falls, people light lanterns making the environment very cosy and beautiful. I spent the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 first joining a hike to a nearby hill organized by a ”Bitcoin and Coding” student organization here at the university. On the hill we had some snacks and played some games. All the others were Chinese, except for Weronika and me, and we got to practice our Chinese a lot. We were kinda, just by mistake, taken into this hike event since we just passed their stand a few days ago and they asked us to join. So we jumped to the chance and took it as an interesting experience. My ...
Heute Morgen habe ich mich mit Aaron (Schweiz), Paco (Deutschland), seine Freundin und einigen Chinesischen Freunden zum Hot Pot, 火锅,getroffen. Hot Pot ist ein Topf mit heissem Gewürztem Wasser und da kann man dann einfach Kohl, Kartoffeln, Tofu in verschiedenen Varianten, Pilze, Maiskolben, Spinat, Bohnen, Fleisch, Fisch, etc. reinwerfen, warten bis sie fertig sind und dann nimmt man sie mit einem Löffel oder seinen Stäbchen aus. Chinesen essen 火锅 sehr gerne weil es so einfach ist einfach alles verschiedene in einen Topf zu werfen. Aber wie es sich zur chinesischen Kultur gehört, hat man immer zu viel essen. Es tat mir richtig weh zu sehen wie unglaublich viel verschwendet wurde. Es hat aber richtig gut geschmeckt und die Leute waren echt nett. Es war ein richtiges Erlebnis und schön Mal wieder etwas zu kochen. Nach dem Essen und Aufräumen sind wir auf eine Kurze Wanderung auf den Hügel hinter der Zhejiang Universität. Es war richtig heiss, fast 30 Grad. Die Aussichten waren ...
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