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 journey to Nanjing Nan takes around 1h.
 \subsection*{Nanjing Nan Railway Station to the Hanyuan Hotel}
 Like in the section for travelling from Nanjing Lukou Airport,
-there are two option you can take from Nanjing Nan. The only
+there are two options you can take from Nanjing Nan. The only
 difference is that the train station has a different taxi
 stand, which is sign-posted at the station. At the taxi stand
 you need to take a yellow taxi that goes to ``Nanjing
 Downtown''. The taxi will cost around 36 RMB and needs to be
 paid in cash. Show the driver the map in Fig~\ref{hanyuan}.
 \noindent Our registration desk will be on the 1st Floor next
 to the hotel's registration desk from Thursday to Sunday. From
 Monday, we will move the desk to the 6th floor where the
 conference hall is. The registration desk is open from 9:00
 until 17:00, except on Thursday 20th when it will open from
-14:00 and on Monday 24th when it will be open from
+14:00 and on Monday 24th when it will be open from 8:15. In
-8:15. In case you arrive when our registration desk is closed,
+case you arrive when our registration desk is closed, you can
-you can still check into the hotel simply by showing your
+still check into the hotel simply by showing your passport and
-passport and refer to ITP 2015. The hotel has a list of
+refer to ITP 2015. The hotel has a list of everyone who made a
-everyone who made a booking.\bigskip
+booking. When you check into the hotel, they will ask for a
+deposit to be reserved on your credit card. You will get back
+this deposit at the end of your stay (assuming you do not
+trash your room). \bigskip
 \noindent The Welcome Reception on Sunday 18:00 will be on the
 1st Floor. Breakfast and lunches are served on the 1st Floor
 next to the hotel registration desk. The breakfast buffet is
 open from 7:00 until 9:00. When you check into the hotel, you
 in this area including Xingyuan's favourite restaurant for
 having lunch on workdays. It is called Changjinglu
 (meaning giraffe) and situated behind the KFC.
 \begin{center}
-\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{travel_guide/rest.jpg}
+\includegraphics[scale=0.045]{travel_guide/rest.jpg}
 \end{center}
 \noindent This area also contains a ``Mickey Mouse bakery'',
 which stocks pastries similar to the ones you might find in a
 Western bakery (just in case you get bored of the baozi
 the envelop; similarly arriving for dinner at 20:00 at a
 restaurant is fine, but 21:00 is too late.
 Surely you must have been to a Chinese restaurant in your home
 town; but these restaurants have adapted a bit to Western
-tastes. Therefore be aware of a few different customs: in many
+tastes. Therefore be aware of a few different customs: tip is
-restaurants in China, you, especially if you are in a large
+not expected. Also in many restaurants in China, you,
-group, are expected to order many small dishes, similar to how
+especially if you are in a large group, are expected to order
-you would order Tapas, and everybody in the group can then try
+many small dishes, similar to how you would order Tapas, and
-all dishes. Similarly, the idea of getting for every member of
+everybody in the group can then try all dishes. Similarly, the
-your group a separate bill is \emph{not} supported by the
+idea of getting for every member of your group a separate bill
-Chinese way of eating out. If I remember correctly, for
+is \emph{not} supported by the Chinese way of eating out. If I
-tax-reasons restaurants have to pay for every bill they hand
+remember correctly, for tax-reasons restaurants have to pay
-out and thus under no circumstance will they give several
+for every bill they hand out and thus under no circumstance
-bills\ldots{}you have to come up with your fellow
+will they give several bills\ldots{}you have to come up with
-dining-compadres with a way of how to split the bill amongst
+your fellow dining-compadres with a way of how to split the
-yourselves. As mentioned before, tip is not expected.
+bill amongst yourselves. UPDATE: The rules about receipts have
+changed in the past few months and restaurants actually can
+give out more than one bill, as long as the amount on every
+bill adds up to the whole amount. However, it is unclear
+whether only ``upmarket'' restaurants are prepared to give out
+several bills, or whether this is a universal possibility. So
+far, we have only tried it in one instance. It is definitely
+still an alien concept to Chinese customs.
 Many dishes in China are for carnivorous beings, but often
 there are also completely vegetarian dishes---remember you
-will normally be ordering many small dishes. However, I cannot
+will normally be ordering many small dishes. Completely
-comment on vegetarian dishes---that is for food, as Tobias
+vegetarian restaurants are rare in China.
-(Nipkow) remarked once. A completely vegetarian restaurant
-must be rare in China.
 \begin{itemize}
 \item\textbf{Quanjude / Beijing Duck}\hspace{3mm}
 Of course Beijing Roast Duck is not native to Nanjing, but it
 is still very good: If you want to try it, you should
 go to the Quanjude restaurant, which is very near the Xinjiekou Metro
 Station (the entrance of the restaurant is shown on the right).
 \begin{center}
-\includegraphics[scale=0.19]{travel_guide/mapquanjude.jpg}
+\includegraphics[scale=0.16]{travel_guide/mapquanjude.jpg}
 \hspace{5mm}
-\includegraphics[scale=0.2]{travel_guide/quanjude.jpg}
+\includegraphics[scale=0.17]{travel_guide/quanjude.jpg}
 \end{center}
 \item\textbf{If you are lazy / exhausted, but still want to
 dine outside of the hotel}\dots{}%
 If you feel like going to Hanyuan's own restaurant means you
 \begin{center}
 \includegraphics[scale=0.15]{travel_guide/menu.jpg}
 \hspace{5mm}
 \includegraphics[scale=0.11]{travel_guide/tonweirest.jpg}
-\includegraphics[scale=0.3]{travel_guide/map6.jpg}
+\includegraphics[scale=0.27]{travel_guide/map6.jpg}
+\end{center}
+%In case you need it: this restaurant has a really free
+%wifi (no mobile needed)---wifi: dfyl128, password: 84865699.
+\item\textbf{Two other restaurants near the hotel}\hspace{3mm}
+On Houbiaoying Road (the ``big one'' in front of the hotel)
+are two restaurants next to each other---the entrances look
+like
+\begin{center}
+\includegraphics[scale=0.04]{travel_guide/huobiaorest1.jpg}
+\hspace{5mm}
+\includegraphics[scale=0.04]{travel_guide/huobiaorest2.jpg}
+\end{center}
+The one on the right (JiangYanLou 江宴楼) is specialised in
+fish/seafood dishes, while the other (YuPinZhouZhuang 御品周庄) is
+more general fare.
+\begin{center}
+\includegraphics[scale=0.35]{travel_guide/map7.jpg}
 \end{center}
 %In case you need it, the wifi-password in this restaurant is
 %???

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