To celebrate our three month anniversary I thought I would share some random pictures from our time here. Â Enjoy! We haven’t had time to travel much but this was a pit stop during a trip into the countryside. It was beautiful.
Three Months In.
Today is the 3-month anniversary of Ryan and I arriving in China so I thought I would take this moment and pause to reflect on our new life. Overall things are going great. We are getting accustomed to being strangers in a strange land eating strange things. And many of
Baby it's Cold Outside!
Remember when I was complaining how hot it was this summer? I knew at some point I’d be cold and dreaming of those stifling hot days… I just didn’t know it would be so soon. Southern China has had an unusually cold weather plunging the temperatures to freezing and creating
I'm a Goner…..
Stuffy nose, sore throat, overall body ache and chills. Yep, in this winter of 2009 it could only mean one thing: the dreaded swine flu. Tell my cats I love them and when you come to my funeral don’t cry…I want you to remember all the happy times we’ve had.
Home Sweet Home
I’ve showed some photos from around the campus but I haven’t shared any from our little patch of paradise. So here it is in all it’s glory: our little apartment. On the initial ride from Shanghai to the school our friend Zhu told us that we had the nicest apartment.
Dragon Well Tea
Despite living near Hangzhou for the last two months, I have yet to buy some of the local specialty: Dragon Well Tea. (Pronounced Longjing Cha here in China.) Longjing is not only a famous local tea, but it is one of China’s most famous teas period. In fact, it is
Chinglish: More Funny Packaging
I love the peanuts here. They taste different then American peanuts, (it’s hard to explain how they taste different, maybe less sugary?) but I keep a bag in the house at all times. (I mean really, for 30 cents a bag how could I not?) And of course, my favorite
Halloween in China
Experiencing my first big “American” holiday out of the country has been interesting to say the least. Halloween is not celebrated in China, but they know enough that it is an American holiday, and a good excuse to have some fun. I was invited to a ‘Halloween Party’ by the
Our University
The University we teach at is called Zheijang Forestry University and true to its name, there is a lot of forest and natural beauty surrounding it. The campus is landscaped and planted, and trimmed and some spots are amazingly gorgeous. We spent the first several weeks just exploring the campus
Back to Class
So, the 8-day National Day/Mid-Autumn Festival is over and now it is back to the grind for us. We don’t have another day off until the end of the semester, so we have 3 solid months of work ahead. I don’t mind, after all it is what we came here