Lanzhou

Lanzhou is our next stop, to visit Northwest Normal University. We arrived at 1am last night (this morning!), and I am to give a talk in the afternoon, so we didn't do too much sight seeing. We planned a visit to the museum, but it turned out to be closed, so instead we wandered around Donfanghong Sqaure in the downtown area. On the square is a small roped off area for feeding pigeons, and both people and pigeons seemed to stick to the rule!


Donfanghong Square


Monk Feeding Pigeons
Lynn and the pigeons seemed to enjoy each other.










We had a lunch of the famous Lanzhou noodles, accompanied by sanpo tea made from 9 different ingredients (tea, loquat, rose buds, wolf berry, jujube, chrysanthemum, large sugar crystals, and one other dried berry).


Noodle Chef


Sanpo Tea

The first bridge across the Yellow River, now pedestrian only, and a musical fountain, provide an evening gathering place on the banks of the river.


German Bridge


Musical Fountain