Well, you know Dalian is closer in distance to North Korea than it is to Beijing… so it would be no surprise that we went to dinner on Friday night at a place that is known for Korean barbecue. The team had a lot of fun – what a bunch of showoffs!

This is the Chinese Year of the Tiger, so they got me the gift below. Cute, huh? The picture is terrible, but the little tiger couple is just too cute. They’re made of clay and formed into these figures – I can’t describe it well, but nothing here is painted on. They use different colors of clay and shape them together to make the designs in the hat and the costume… Pretty impressive when you think about it.