China food update

All this food stuff has caught up with me. My stomach hasn't felt good the past few days. I think it was a salad I had on Wednesday. We're not supposed to eat any fresh greens, under-cooked eggs, or egg based sauces. (I've been eating Caesar salads whenever I can - I need fresh greens! I guess that was taking a chance.) Also we're not supposed to drink the water in many of the countries, especially China and Taiwan. (Both bacteria and pollution levels.) Now imagine how far you need to take that. You brush your teeth and rinse your toothbrush with bottled water. (We are creatures of habit so it can be hard to remember sometimes!) You need to wipe any water droplets off the outside of a water bottle because that won't be clean either. Always make sure you break the seal on the water bottle yourself because some places try to refill the bottle with tap water to save money. Also, salad is washed with tap water - and you know how hard it is to completely dry a leaf of lettuce before you serve it. Water droplets hide inside - so we are not supposed to eat any fresh greens. I've had salads but the one on Wednesday tasted just plain weird so I stopped. I think it caught up to me. It's just hard to sit in meetings when you don't feel 100%. I did get to eat an American burger this week. A friend from Connecticut that is living here took me out to dinner. The place was called "Malone's" and it looked like any sports bar in the US - complete with pool tables. The burger and fries were just like you'd get back home and the waitstaff spoke English. I was surprised at how much I felt myself relax once I stepped in. Good food, good company, western toilets! Just taking a break now. Meetings all day and then dinner and time to pack up.