tied down

Seeing that this was my summer vacation, I wasn’t very happy when I realized that my cold was going to tie me to a boring hotel room for the time being:

I decided to take it easy and get some work done.

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I treated myself to a massive bowl of Xinjiang Tangfan 新疆汤饭:

This is an extremely nutritious dish, and it has a taste to it that is very hearty and sour at the same time:

Not a bad way to spend a vacation after all.