Full Day of Games

Today it was back to work. After our day off we had a skate this morning. We did some relay races - North America vs the World. On the line was the losers have to sing a nursery rhyme in front of the group at our next meeting. Even though North America really won, Stacey cheated so North American's would have to sing. That is ok though, we came up with a great song to sing in both English and French (for the French Canadians). I can't put what it is on here though because some of the others might be reading this blog. You'll just have to wait until tomorrow to find out, haha.

After our ice session Laura and I decided to go to Wanda Plaza. Wanda Plaza is a mall with a grocery store/wal-mart type store in the basement. We walked around the mall a little bit just to see what was there. I found a bunch of puma sneakers that were on sale for next to nothing but unfortunately they didn't have my size. We did stop in McDonalds though and treated ourselves to some french fries. They tasted just as good if not better here than they do in America. After McDonalds we went to buy a few things at the supermarket. The sanitary conditions at this supermarket in the meat and fish department are definitely not what they are in the U.S. Basically all of the meat and fish sit out unwrapped and people finger it until they decide which piece they want to buy. There was also some interesting meat products that you would never see in the U.S. - pigs heads, pigs feet, full chickens, etc. So gross. The positive of this trip though was I finally found the Diet Coke I have been craving.

After our mall trip we headed to the rink. When we got there the haze in the arena was especially thick. It must have been a bad day for pollution all around, the mall had a haze in it as well. It didn't matter much for me, I had China vs Great Britain. When you have a game with Great Britain, the puck pretty much stays in one end the entire time. China won 8-0 and I think Great Britain had a grand total of 3 shots for the entire game. Tomorrow we have the day off and then the semifinals are on Thursday. I'm not sure what the plan for tomorrow is yet, we might go see some of the other sporting events or go visit some sites in downtown Harbin.

I will be posting some pictures of the supermarket later tonight. Look at your own risk, haha. www.picasaweb.google.com/connolly.kate