We've had a lot of opportunity to travel while were here and even get a little lost in the process! Our May holiday travel can be outlined like this: Take an overnight boat south to Yantai, a three hour bus even farther south to Qingdao, 3 hour train ride to Ji'nan, 11 hour train ride south to Shanghai, spent four days in Shanghai then a 10 hour train ride to Xi'an, spent the … [Read more...] about Travel!
We leave in less than two weeks, which is no fun to think about. I've made a lot of friends here and I have really adjusted to the culture! I really don't want to have to go back home and return to normal things. I think it's going to be a really strange adjustment. … [Read more...] about Almost time to go!
My blog post this week is late because I stay pretty busy here in China; I'm taking 18 hours (which I've never done before) which adds a lot of stress to my out of country adventure. Our group plans on taking a trip to the city of Dandong this weekend since we have a three day weekend, so that we can look over into the North Korean border! In order to do so though I've got to … [Read more...] about Busy in China
I haven't had a chance to make a post yet since we've been super busy in China! The tour of Beijing was great, got to see the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and many other famous Chinese landmarks. The history here is interesting and incredibly vast. We've been in Dalian for a few days now and I've taken the time to explore and adjust to this "small" Chinese city. It's probably … [Read more...] about One Week Down