rufous:

[…] you will have a nice quiet day to rest after the journey and rub up your German.

The new port on the Chinese mainland side, which is located in Langqi island, Mawei District, is 23 nautical miles off Matsu island, reducing the original journey by 40 minutes.

[…] quaint and picturesque from a distance, you didn't want to know; nor the crime rate, nor those small cafés where they served up the usual muck. The frozen steak houses and chipperies.