Lina in China

When I returned from my morning trip in search for breakfast the Jet Lag caught me and I feel aslepp until waking up at 2 pm. By oversleeping I even missed my trip to the Forbidden City! In the afternoon I made my way back to the internet café. It is some kind of Chinese Starbug called rbt. They offer free internet access. My cappuccino in rbt costed more then 5 times what my morning meal had costed (25 Yuan = 2.50€). Even the cold green tea was still very expensive (15 Yuan = 1.50€) compared to what a normal meal costs you.

Even in rbt itself some of the food they offer is cheaper than a cup of coffee! A salad for 23 Yuan, Spaghetti Bolognaise for 28 Yuan… But the atmosphere is very nice, the music is a nice mix of western and Chinese hits and the internet access is as fast as at home.

The Teachino I did not try yet but cold sweetened jasmine tea can be recommended.

Getting back from rbt I tried to grab a cab. The first taxi just shook his head before I even told him where I am going. The second Beijing cab driver stoped, 3 cabs behind him honking. After he had a look of where I am going he shook his head and returned the card to me. I managed to stop one more Taxi in Beijing rush hour. But before I even could react 3 Chinese girls jumped in my cab.

Back to the hotel I got the next nice surprise: My card did not open the hotel door anymore. Some employee I complained to (Good thing about china: always an employee available or two or three…) said some things in Chinese to me I did not understand. Then she opened my door and ran away. Now I had the door open but in my hotel they have a funny system: When you are in the room you put the card in the slot and have electricity. No card no lights. So I was in the dark room preassured to take a shower and be ready for dinner. Just that I had no lights. Luckily the employee returned with my card. Turned out I was supposed to make another deposit for the next night. So they just turned my key of.

RBT 东单店
北京市东城区东单北大街69号
010-65277896