First week back at work since Golden week

Well the first week back at work after the Golden week holiday went quickly,forgot to say in my previous post during the Golden week I had a foot massage which was a first for me.
Never before having had a foot massage it was incredible my feet felt renewed after the experience lasted 1 1/2 hours and including having my nails clipped cost 60 rmb which is approx £5.00 superb value for money and I cant recommend it highly enough.

Also before returning to work went with my work colleague for a hair cut which cost 8rmb and included having my hair washed and a head massage so all that for approx 70 pence unbelievable I used to pay £7.50 minimum for a hair cut. So one tenth of the cost and a more than reasonable haircut.

During the week the IT Manager wanted to visit his old university in Wuhu so on Wednesday we jumped in a taxi and heading to the university.
The university has a corner called English corner where students go to practice speaking English to people who have English as there first language which in theory means me complete with slight Geordie accent and an ability to talk very fast not a good combination.

In previous weeks I had met 2 English teachers from the UK called Rick & Steven who teach in Wuhu. So at 8.00 pm I am deposited at English corner by my colleague,However it soon becomes apparent I am the only English speaker there and am soon mobbed by lots of people who want to talk.
One young freshman girl asked questions for about 45 minutes as no one else seemed to want to ask me anything.
Thankfully Rick and Stephen appeared and my group of people became more manageable and easier to talk to which was then more enjoyable. We stayed till approx 10.15 and I repeated the process on Friday evening with my boss his wife and their baby this time we were the only English speakers so we had a fairly large crowd some of whom I had met on Wednesday.
I will definitely go again but perhaps only once per week possibly Wednesday as we normally have a meal and activity on Friday after work and I feel that i am also learning to speak more slowly which is good for me to practice.

On the subject of Friday meal and activity this week it was decided to move that to Saturday so we could visit a Mongolian Restaurant for a meal and then we could fish in the lakes.
Saturday we all met up at the Mongolian restaurant which comprises of small tent type areas to sit inside and eat the pictures show it better than I can describe apparently they are authentic and from Mongolia Have to say i cant comment on the authenticity but the food was good and it was an enjoyable experience.
We then move on to the fishing and armed with 3 rods and some live worms we start fishing after a while I come to the conclusion that I do not have the patience required for fishing and I pass my rod on to someone else.
Nett result of all our combined fishing activity one small fish and one shrimp caught not sure that counts but any way it was a good day and an opportunity to try some new experiences, which is one of the reasons I came to China so all in all a successful day.
All the pictures mentioned in my post can be found by following the link on my Blog.