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 China: one prevents you from accessing Google, for example. Use
 \url{www.aol.com} or \url{www.bing.com} instead as your preferred
 search engine. Also, if you care about such things, set your
 status on Facebook to ``unavailable'' for the period of time
 you will be in China. Ditto Twitter. Skype and Facetime, in
-contrast, work fine.
+contrast, work fine. Dropbox, no.
 \item \textbf{Map of Hotel / Taxis}\hspace{3mm}
 While more and more young Chinese are exposed to English, you
 cannot rely on anyone of the general public speaking more than
 a few words. Rather, you have to always calculate with the
 \section{Travel from Nanjing Lukou Airport to the Hanyuan Hotel}
-There are essentially three options depending on how frugal
+There are essentially three options to travel from the Nanjing
-or adventurous you want to be to travel from the Nanjing Airport
+Airport to the hotel depending on how frugal or adventurous
-to the hotel:
+you want to be :
 \begin{itemize}
 \item The first option is to take a taxi for the whole journey
 from the airport to the hotel. Follow the taxi signs at
 the airport and take a yellow taxi. The journey will
 \begin{center}
 \includegraphics[scale=0.19]{travel_guide/ggg.jpg}
 \end{center}
-\item If you already prepared to pay 7 RMB for the metro, why
+\item If you already prepared to pay 7 RMBs for the metro, why
 not adding 2 more and going the whole way by metro?
 This is the third
 option. The disadvantage is that you need to change
 at Nanjing Nan Railway Station to Line 3 and at
 Daxinggong to Line 2 for Xiamafang or Muxuyuan, which
 are the closest stations to the Hanyuan Hotel
 (see Fig.~\ref{metronanjing}). Both
 stations then need a 15 minutes walk to the hotel.
 This is another disadvantage of this option if you have
 a heavy suitcase. See the map shown in Fig.~\ref{hotelmap}
-for directions.
+for directions between the metro stations and the
+hotel.
 \end{itemize}
 \begin{figure}[p]
 \begin{center}
 \makebox[0mm]{\includegraphics[scale=1.1]{travel_guide/metromapnanjing.png}}
 between shops and can be easily overlooked. For each platform
 there are two gates labelled `A' and `B', respectively. They
 are on opposite sides of the main hall. `A' stands for the
 front of the train and `B' for the rear -- you know which one
 to go to from the coach number on your ticket. When the gates
-are opened for your train you need to show again your passport
+are opened for your train, you need to show again your passport
 verifying that it is you who is travelling on the ticket. The
 journey to Nanjing Nan takes around 1h.
 \subsection*{Nanjing Nan Railway Station to the Hanyuan Hotel}
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 \noindent Our registration desk from Thursday (20th) to Sunday
-(23rd) will be on the 1st Floor next to the hotel's registration
+(23rd) will be on the 1st Floor next to the hotel's
-desk. From 24th, we will move the desk to the 6th floor where
+registration desk. From 24th, we will move the desk to the 6th
-the conference hall is. The Welcome Reception on Sunday will
+floor where the conference hall is. The registration desk is
-also be on the 1st Floor. The programme of the talks is at the
+open from 9:00 until 17:00, except on Monday 24th when it will
-end of this booklet.\bigskip
+be open from 8:15. In case you arrive when our registration
+desk is closed, you can still check in the hotel simply by
-\noindent
+showing your passport and refer to ITP 2015. Hotel has a list
-Breakfast and lunches are served on the 1st Floor next to hotel
+of everyone who made a booking.\bigskip
-registration desk. The breakfast buffet is open from 7:00
-until 9:00. When you check into the hotel, you will receive a
+\noindent The Welcome Reception on Sunday 18:00 will be on the
-green paper ticket for each day, which you have to show before
+1st Floor. Breakfast and lunches are served on the 1st Floor
-going to breakfast. Hanyuan Hotel also includes a very good
+next to hotel registration desk. The breakfast buffet is open
-restaurant on the 2nd floor, but unfortunately it is a bit
+from 7:00 until 9:00. When you check into the hotel, you will
-on the pricier side for China.
+receive a green paper ticket for each day, which you have to
+show before going to breakfast. Hanyuan Hotel also includes a
+quite good restaurant on the 2nd floor, but unfortunately it is a
+bit on the pricier side for China.
 \begin{itemize}
 \item\textbf{Near the Hotel}\hspace{3mm}
 The Hanyuan hotel is located at the intersection of a big
 road
 (Houbiaoying Road 后标营路) and a smaller road (TongWei Road 童卫路).
 If you need a taxi to go to Downtown Nanjing, for example, it
 is probably the easiest to hail down a taxi at the big road.
-An ATM machine is situated a few minutes down the smaller
+An ATM machine is situated a few minutes walk down the smaller
 TongWei Road. If you want to take a walk in the evening,
 Xingyuan suggests a stroll through the Purple Mountain Area
 indicated on
 the top-right in the map in Fig.~\ref{hotelmap}. This area is
 approximately a 15 minutes walk away from the hotel and
 metro is on the left-hand side. However it is not the most
 scenic route. More scenic is the walk to Xiamafang Metro
 Station through the campus of the Nanjing Agriculture
 University. Unfortunately the way is not so straightforward.
 If you are unfamiliar with the way, we suggest you walk to
-Muxuyuan station; once you followed some locals and know the
+Muxuyuan station; once you followed a local and know the
 way, go to Xiamafang Station.
 \begin{figure}[p]
 \includegraphics[scale=0.45]{travel_guide/map2.jpg}
 \caption{Shops and restaurants in the vicinity of the hotel.
 A relatively large shopping area including a large supermarket
 (indicated with a red star)
 is near the Xiamafang metro station. A smaller
-supermarket is at the end of Tongwei Road.\label{hotelmap}}
+supermarket is at the end of Tongwei Road. Another
+shopping area including restaurants are in the middle of
+Tongwei Road. There are also restaurants on the big
+Houbiaoying Road.
+\label{hotelmap}}
 \end{figure}
 \item\textbf{Shops and Restaurants Near the Hotel}\hspace{3mm}
 There is a relatively large shopping area close to Xiamafang
 Metro Station. There is also a wide selection of restaurants
 \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{travel_guide/map4.jpg}
 \hspace{5mm}
 \includegraphics[scale=1.2]{travel_guide/xianwulake.jpg}
 \end{center}
+\noindent Nanjing Museum is one of the biggest museums in
+China and definitely worth a visit. For this go to Minggugong
+Station on Line 2 (Minggugong is only 1 stop away from Muxuyuan,
+so you could also walk, if you are very enthusiastic).
+Admission is from 9:00 till 16:00 and a visit is free.
+\medskip
 \noindent The ultimate bird's-eye view of Nanjing you can have
-from the Zifeng Tower. For this you have to go to Gulou
+from the Zifeng Tower. For this you have to go to Gulou Metro
-Metro Station on Line~1. According to Wiki, the Zifeng
+Station on Line~1. Zifeng Tower is just outside the metro
-Tower is the 11th tallest building in the World (to
+station. According to Wiki, the Zifeng Tower is the 11th
-compare, the Shard in London is ranked 92nd and the Sears
+tallest building in the World (to compare, the Shard in London
-Tower in Chicago is 12th). A ticket for the observation
+is ranked 92nd and the Sears Tower in Chicago is 12th). A
-platform costs 66 RMB.\bigskip
+ticket for the observation platform costs 66 RMB.
-\noindent Nanjing Museum ??
 \end{itemize}
 \section{Schedule of the Excursion\label{excursion}}
 On Wednesday afternoon there will be the traditional
 \begin{itemize}
 \item The conference session on Wednesday will end at 11:30,
 and you should finish lunch no later than 12:20 in order
 to get to the hotel lobby.
 \item Boarding the shuttle bus is at 12:30 sharp!
-\item The first leg of the bus journey takes roughly 40 minutes
+\item The first leg of the bus journey takes roughly 1.5 hours
 to Ge Yuan Garden (meaning Bamboo Garden). This is a
 small garden in traditional Chinese style. We will be there
 for approximately 1h. You can find a short description at
 \url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge_Yuan_Garden}.
 \section{Restaurants}
 China is of course famous for its food and restaurants. Below
 we give an extremely selected list of a few restaurants in
-case you feel lost.
+case you feel lost. One point to notice, however, is that
+in China mealtimes tend to happen earlier than elsewhere:
+for example if you arrive at 13:00, you are probably still
+fine for lunch, but arriving at 14:00 pushes the envelop;
+similarly arriving for dinner at 20:00 at a restaurant is
+fine, but 21:00 is too late.
 \begin{itemize}
 \item\textbf{Quanjude / Beijing Duck}\hspace{3mm}Of course not
-native in Nanjing, but good anyway: If you want to try Bejing
+native in Nanjing, but still very good anyway: If you want to
-Duck, you should go to the Quanjude restaurant near the
+try Bejing Roast Duck, you should go to the Quanjude restaurant
-Xinjiekou Metro Station.
+is very near the Xinjiekou Metro Station (the entrance of the
+restaurant is on the right).
+\begin{center}
+\includegraphics[scale=0.19]{travel_guide/mapquanjude.jpg}
+\hspace{5mm}
+\includegraphics[scale=0.2]{travel_guide/quanjude.jpg}
+\end{center}
 \end{itemize}
 \mbox{}\\[40mm]
 \noindent The organising team wishes you a pleasant stay in
 Nanjing! If you need any help, please contact us.

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