Happy Fourth of July

We had a Fourth of July "barbacue." For about two bucks each, about thirty of us wandered over to a nearby restuarant and received more things on skewers that I thought was possible to put on skewers. Afterwards, a few of us discovered that the stand next to the hotel sells beer (pijiao) as well. At first we tried the local brew, which came in a large bottle for 2.5 rmb (about 33 cents). For a follow up we tried the Budweiser. It was the Fourth of July after all, so we should have an American beer. But at about half the amount it was doulbe the cost (6 rmb/80 cents). We sat on the steps and watched people walk by. The two women cleaning the street seemed to get a kick out of the three of us sitting on the steps, especially when we put the empty bottles in the trash. Well, that was my Fourth of July in Chengdu.