Interactivity zero

Here is a quick and dull post.
You've seen no action from us recently as our new apartment is not yet online.
However, we expect that to change in the next couple of days.

Since moving in last Wednesday we have mainly been:
- Sharpening out bargaining skills in Yashow Market
- Exploring the area around our new apartment
- Eating at the Middle 8th (Yunnanese) Restaurant, the best we've tried so far in Beijing
- Deciding not to pay Y300 each to see Linkin Park at the Worker's Stadium
- Not even contemplating paying more to see Kanye West at the same venue
- Relying on Michael to keep up with news from SJP
- Laughing at dogs in clothes / buggies (pics to follow)
- Visiting the Yonghegong Lama temple (warning, no lamas)
- Going to an underground Internet temple where everyone was playing WoW in little hives
- Booking our Christmas flights to Oman
- Shopping at the Wu Mart to stock up our new apartment
- Buying coats in anticipation of autumn (not bloody Fall as it's refered to here)
- Wearing shorts in October
- Eating what may have been donkey, but was definitely tasty in a Hunan restaurant
- Getting up at six! to trek across town to work
- Learning various ad-hoc phrases such as takeaway and is this sweet?
- Drinking good cocktails on the roof terrace
- Planning a house warming party for next week
- Wiring and re-wiring the DVD player
- Completing the 6th season of 24
- Learning that Yanjing clearly based their style on American beer, therefore it tastes of water


There's much more of course, but I can't remember it all.
Back online regularly soon (hopefully) and we'll keep you in touch.