# HG changeset patch # User Christian Urban # Date 1440140207 -28800 # Node ID cd4336f6582dc5591dd929573b904e3abb774843 # Parent 9358e383a4e7131cf8d8db23618e970a3645f51b update diff -r 9358e383a4e7 -r cd4336f6582d booklet.pdf Binary file booklet.pdf has changed diff -r 9358e383a4e7 -r cd4336f6582d booklet.tex --- a/booklet.tex Fri Aug 21 09:51:03 2015 +0800 +++ b/booklet.tex Fri Aug 21 14:56:47 2015 +0800 @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ \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 @@ -580,12 +580,15 @@ 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 -8:15. In case you arrive when our registration desk is closed, -you can still check into the hotel simply by showing your -passport and refer to ITP 2015. The hotel has a list of -everyone who made a booking.\bigskip +until 17:00, except on Thursday 20th when it will open from +14:00 and on Monday 24th when it will be open from 8:15. In +case you arrive when our registration desk is closed, you can +still check into the hotel simply by showing your passport and +refer to ITP 2015. The hotel has a list of everyone who made a +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 @@ -653,7 +656,7 @@ (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'', @@ -797,25 +800,30 @@ 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 -restaurants in China, you, especially if you are in a large -group, are expected to order many small dishes, similar to how -you would order Tapas, and everybody in the group can then try -all dishes. Similarly, the idea of getting for every member of -your group a separate bill is \emph{not} supported by the -Chinese way of eating out. If I remember correctly, for -tax-reasons restaurants have to pay for every bill they hand -out and thus under no circumstance will they give several -bills\ldots{}you have to come up with your fellow -dining-compadres with a way of how to split the bill amongst -yourselves. As mentioned before, tip is not expected. +tastes. Therefore be aware of a few different customs: tip is +not expected. Also in many restaurants in China, you, +especially if you are in a large group, are expected to order +many small dishes, similar to how you would order Tapas, and +everybody in the group can then try all dishes. Similarly, the +idea of getting for every member of your group a separate bill +is \emph{not} supported by the Chinese way of eating out. If I +remember correctly, for tax-reasons restaurants have to pay +for every bill they hand out and thus under no circumstance +will they give several bills\ldots{}you have to come up with +your fellow dining-compadres with a way of how to split the +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 -comment on vegetarian dishes---that is for food, as Tobias -(Nipkow) remarked once. A completely vegetarian restaurant -must be rare in China. +will normally be ordering many small dishes. Completely +vegetarian restaurants are rare in China. \begin{itemize} @@ -826,9 +834,9 @@ 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 @@ -849,7 +857,29 @@ \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 diff -r 9358e383a4e7 -r cd4336f6582d booklet2.pdf Binary file booklet2.pdf has changed