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After the fireworks at the opening ceremony
the runway was cleaned.

only used by a few teams. But in the Thought was also given to the children and school
lobby of our hotel there was a big classes who visited the World Cup every day.
Taste of China: The tent
fridge that was filled with beer until with the food stands.
the staff said at a late hour that it
was enough. Whereby one has to
know that even the big celebrations
as the Nations Night or also the clo-
sing ceremony were finished at 10
p.m., unfortunately, nothing more
worked. After some time we noti-
ced that the constant music in the
hotel consisted of a six and a half
minute long piano piece in an end-
less loop. And after listening to it
10.000 times, the jingling was real-
ly annoying.
The communication with the ma-
ny helpers was problem-free. Tho-
se who didn't speak English were
helped by the translation app that
everyone had on their mobile pho-
nes. When the coffee machine in
the hotel needed new water, I found
out that it didn't always work so
well. After I described my desire to
Lothar in front of the hangar tent
the smartphone of the operator, demonstrates the huge dimensions.
she also spoke into the machine Only those who had a valid identity
card were allowed in.
and proudly showed me the Eng-
lish translation "The car will be re-
paired very soon". Good, that's clea-
red up too!
Also impressive was the shuttle
service from the hotel to the airport. In the run-up to the World
Just in time for the posted departu- Championships, the eating ha-
re times at the hotel, the double-de- bits of the Chinese were also dis-
cker buses were right outside the cussed in our team. Ok, some
door. On the drive to the airport, things were better left at the food
one quickly noticed that the metro- stalls, although they were offered
polis of Rongcheng, with its milli- with a friendly smile. But the
ons of inhabitants, was dominated breakfast in the hotel was good,
by the Jet World Championship. as was the food in the hangar
Everywhere there were signs and advertisements with the tent, and at the official events the tables bent under the many
World Championship logo. On each of the numerous video tasty dishes. Not to mention the drinks that were offered in
walls, model aircraft films were shown and at the entrance to sufficient quantities besides beer, wine and whiskey. Of cour-
the airfield, people drove through a huge archway that had se there was also coke and water, but there was still a lot left
been erected especially for the World Championships. over from that.
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