Just in time to help me spend my last yuan, Susan Kattwinkel has invited us all to a party for unidentifiable snacks. (Susan is a drama professor on the ship, and also the daughter of my quilting friend Phyllis.) The rules are simple.
- To try new snacks, you must bring some to share.
- Your snack cannot have any useful English words to tell what it is.
To this, I added one of my own.
3. Your snack must cost ¥30
I actually only had ¥29, but I figured I could get a few from someone in the airport. In addition to our group of 16, most intent on spending their last yuan as well, I had run into a family of 7 from the ship who were traveling independently.
I actually only had ¥29, but I figured I could get a few from someone in the airport. In addition to our group of 16, most intent on spending their last yuan as well, I had run into a family of 7 from the ship who were traveling independently.
(The mom is traveling with her 5 children, ages 8 to 15. Yikes! The dad, who cannot sail the whole voyage, but is joining the family in several ports, was happy to give me ¥3 (allowing me to keep two souvenir ¥1coins), but he also suggested I simply exchange currency from the old port into currency from the new port. Efficient, but what is the fun in that?)
Mission accomplished! Special bonus, they come individually wrapped, in a pretty package.
The party is scheduled for after the ship sails from Hong Kong. I'll let you know the results.
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