Being a Michigander, it seems fitting I'd be quite an expert skater. Doing all those figure-skating tricks and what-not. Unfortunately, that isn't the case. I'm maybe at a below-average level, but I can at least skate around for a little bit.

Or so I learned when I went ice skating with co-workers today. It wasn't my first time ever, but it was the first time in about five years. So naturally, I was a little on the rusty side when I got on the skating rink.

The one thing that I really liked about skating here was that you get forced to get off the railing and actually learn to skate. Not because there wasn't anything to grab onto in the first place, but because there's so many people. Some are standing in groups just talking while others have their phones out taking pictures. Some couples are out enjoying a leisurely skate, while some are going so slowly on the railings that they're afraid. Once you get better, you risk going around all these types. So you're decent in no time.

When you're done, you'll find yourself sore in places where you forgot muscles existed. Somehow, I've managed to get my thigh muscles sore. Still trying to figure that one out. But it's all right. Skating sounds like a nice thing to do whenever I have the chance. Though I'll always be shown up by the little kids that are learning figure-skating.

Tianjin pic of the day!

View outside of Joy City. :)