Part 2: Dining Al Fresco
Zhao Tongbin tapped two fingers on the table next to his empty cup. As the waiter came around to fill it with more yellow wine, he took a moment to take in the view. Sanbao was one of Fulgistan's most unique settlements, a relic from a bygone time that few remembered and even fewer cared to preserve. Called San Paolo by its Limonaian founders, the small city of less than 200,000 was a charming, scenic beachside resort, with many of its buildings still showing the marks of the colonial days. The visiting heads of state had spent all morning and almost all of the af