Monday 27th May
Arrived in Chengdu and met by Karen. To the hotel which is very nice.
No No Smoking room available would we like a smoking room which was ready?
Of course you can imaging our response to that was negative so we had to wait in the foyer with Karen for about half an hour.
Whilst we waited a smartly dressed member of staff who was not Chinese came up and asked me how we were enjoying staying in the hotel!! Poor girl, it was her first day as Customers Services Manager and she asked me that question at that time. She did make things happen and we were soon booked in.
It turns out that Julia is from Salamanca and came to work in China because there are no opportunities at home.
Now we are firm friends and she has been very kind and attentive to us every time she sees us.
Afternoon spent drinking tea by the river in a lovely park.
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