First day of no classes. Slept in and grabbed a bowl of zhou for breakfast since my stomach is still a little queasy. Thankfully the fever is gone now. Planned to go to Yuanmingyuan with Chelsea, but she got a call that someone found her stolen wallet so we high tailed it over to Sanlitun to track down her wallet. Thankfully managed to find the place and get it back. Afterwards we walked around for a bit. We stopped in starbucks to get some hot chocolate and then grabbed a French fry from McDonalds and sat to talk for a while. Stumbled across a piano store, so we stopped in and I played for a little. I’m super out of practice, but the workers in the store really liked my music. I wish I was more in practice…it would have sounded a lot better. We wanted to go to The Place to check out the book store. We made it as far as the subway stop and then got distracted by the Silk Street. Definitely way more expensive than other markets. The people here are way more aggressive than in other places; trying to force things on to you. They just don’t understand when you don’t want something. Although I can tell they are relieved that we are able to speak Chinese. It’s a lot easier for them than English. Then Chelsea got a call that she had class, so we ran back to BeiDa. I picked up some fruit to munch on. After everyone had finished class, 10 of us went to an all you can eat sushi buffet to celebrate Derrick’s birthday. The restaurant definitely lost money on us. It was also all you can drink and I think the guys must have went through 65 bottles of beer at least, not to mention all of the sushi. It was a fantastic meal for sure. Afterwards, Melissa and I headed back to the dorms and everyone else went to WuDaoKou. I’m still kinda tired so I was not in the mood to go out tonight. Decided it would be better to stay in the dorms and relax. I’m definitely tired out! Can’t wait to see what adventures I will embark on tomorrow!