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Weekend Updates

For those that didn't know, February 1st was the Chinese New Year. We've entered the year of the sheep. I was born on the year of the monkey, which I find incredibly funny because, well, what's not funny about monkeys?

To celebrate, I ate some good Chinese food with a bunch of Asian friends.

Traditional Chinese eating

I like the East's way of eating food. In the West, when we eat dinner we always order our own thing and maybe offer a bite to the people we're eating with (generally only if they're family or good friends). All the Asian cultures (indians, chinese, japanese) love to just order a whole bunch of food and pass it all over the table. Our table had a sweet spinning top for easier sharing.

Sunday I went to Meissen with Ferri. Meissen was the birthplace of porcelain in the West; the Saxon king held the alchemist who rediscovered the formula prisoner "for his own protection." I love history.

The church at Meissen Castle

We toured the castle and the Porcelain plant. Supposedly the church, pictured above, is one of the smallest in Germany. Looks really impressive to me...