Train to Nanjing

The train ride to Nanjing today took over 3 hours but was pleasant with the exception of the two beer guzzling and belching fellows that sat in the seats facing me. They talked non-stop for three hours in a dialect I could not understand. It may have been that universal language that drunks use but I'm inclined to think it was one of the thousands of local dialects in China. While Mandarin is nearly universally understood throughout China people often revert to their local languages. The people of Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou, all cities within about 75 miles of each other, speak mutually unintelligible dialects.

I'm here representing Greater Peavine at the Plum Festival.