Happy Birthday to the Wooden Shoe!!!

Happy Birthday to the Wooden Shoe!!!

Today, March 18th was the one year anniversary of my friend Mike's bar, the Wooden Shoe in Liuzhou. Mike is from Holland. One year ago, he decided to open a dutch bar in Liuzhou. It was very brave of him because Liuzhou isn't a city that has many foreigners and most chinese people are not used to foreign food or beer. But the bar is doing well.

Last night I went to dinner with Mike and some of his friends and tried Big Bone soup and other new Chinese foods. Big Bone soup is cooked with big beef bones. You stick a straw into the inside of the bone and suck out the soup and juices. It is really very tasty.

We celebrated at midnight and again at 6pm which was the official 1 year openning. Contratulations Mike and Rose! We love the wooden shoe.

Here is a link to the wooden shoe's new website. It has a lot of information about Liuzhou and China and lots of links. Check it out.

http://www.woodenshoe.com.cn/

Joel spent most of his free time in the wooden shoe. This picture was taken on Joel's last night in the Shoe. Something is definitely missing now. We miss you Joel!