At internet cafe

OW and I went for a meal after volleyball (Germany won 3-0) and then found an internet cafe. He's typing away next to me as I speak, so we may overlap in content a bit. Unfortunately for us, this internet cafe doesn't allow us to use their USB port to upload photos. Sucks. The "cafe" is in the basement of a nondescript building. I'm pretty sure they don't serve coffee here, but there's an interesting mix of clientele. The room is dimly lit and set up like a game room, with about 15 rows of tables, with 15 computers per row. Most of the Chinese people are young gamers. There is a small handful of foreigners checking email, and one really obnoxious foreigner saying "You can go anytime" every 5 minutes to his online gaming opponent. There is also a Chinese woman with a very loud baby/child. The woman at the front desk was the most unfriendly person we've met so far, refusing to answer any of our questions, even though we asked in Chinese.

Tonight, we plan on going to Li Qun for some peking duck with OW's friend. We found this place in the Lonely Planet when we went to Beijing a couple years ago. It's situated in the hutong, and pretty authentic. It's gotten a lot of traction from foreigners since being highlighted in the Lonely Planet, so hopefully it's still relatively inexpensive.