Events of the Year

Confucius Temple Lantern Festival
Held two weeks after the Lunar New Year. One of China's most popular lantern displays

Plum Blossom Festival
End of February to end of March. More than 10,000 plum trees with beautiful plum flowers

Pfrang Annual Anniversary Dinner
Held every year (in April) with the purpose to raise funds to sponsor more students in the rural area, Live music, raffles and games. For details, please contact pfrang@bw-i.cn

Dragon Boat Race
Annual Dragon Boat Race (end of May) held on the Mochou Lake. It is the most popular folk activity during the traditional Dragon Boat Festival

NUT Nanjing Unofficial Triathlon
Twice each year in spring and fall. For details, please contact helmut@guesten.com

Jiangxin Islet Grape Festival
End of July to end of August. Visitors can pick their own fruit, and make their own wine which is good for mulled wine at Christmas

Pfrang Day
Annual sporting event (in October) for adults and children to compete in various games and have fun with a good purpose - raising funds for poor students. For details, please contact pfrang@bw-i.cn

NIC Winter Ball
Annual themed winter ball in December with dinner, performances and more. For details, please contact nanjinginternationalclub@gmail.com

 Looking for a place to spend Christmas? Don't want to cook? Come join us at Secco

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Feine Apfelrahmsuppe mit Sternanis

creamed apple soup with star anis

Rosa gebratene Entenbrust an Rotkohl und Kartoffelknoedel mit glasierten Maronen

pink roasted duck breast served with red cabbage, potato dumplings and glazed sweet chestnuts

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Im Rieslingsud gegartes Karpfenfilet an Zitronenbutter, Vichy-Karotten und Dampfkartoffeln

carp filet cooked in white wine served with lemon butter, baby carrots and steamed potatoes

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Zimtcreme mit Banane und Schlagsahne

cinnamon cream with banana, vanilla ice cream and whipped cream

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menue with duck 149 rmb

menue with carp 169 rmb

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Klare Kirschtomatenessenz mit Garnelen und Gemuesestreifen

clear tomato soup with prawns and strips of vegetables

Zartes Rinderfilet auf Rotweinglace mit gebratener Gaensestopfleber, Zucchini und Kartoffelpuffer

tender grilled filetsteak on a redwine jus with fried foie gras, zucchini and potato fritter

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Vanilleeis mit heissen Himbeeren

vanilla ice cream with hot raspberries and whipped cream

189 rmb

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Finnegans Wake
6 Cinna Lane
On Zhong shan nan lu between Bai Xia Lu and Jian Kang Lu
www.finneganswake.com.cn
Tel: 15005167551
Its set back off of the main street and a little bit hard to find but hidden away in a new 1912-like area is this great new Irish pub. The area itself is brand new and still developing but those who find the bar are going to find themselves in a proper Irish pub complete with Irish owners/bartenders. Cathal (one of the owners) can also be persuaded to sing a few traditional Irish drinking songs and he's got one hell of a voice. The bar itself is large and expensive, so students and teachers probably won't be able to afford going their often but for everyone else with a thicker wallet and a love of all things Irish, this is the place for you.

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IKEA
Nanjing now has its very own IKEA. Its located near Metro and the big metal pole (you'll know it when you see it). You can see what they have in stock here:http://www.ikea.com/cn/en/store/nanjing
The welcome message says that it is the Beijing store. Its not. Its just sloppy web developing. Tsk tsk, we would never allow that. By the way, we're not supporting Internet Explorer 6 anymore. Get Firefox.