16 Sunday Aug 2015
Posted in China 2015
But I find Tumblr to be more friendly to large amounts of pictures, plus I’ve already posted all of the pictures there that I would post here. So here are links for you so that you can see my pictures and I can be a little bit lazy. Just click the words to go to a photo set!
Wuxi, Jiangsu Province (江苏省无锡市)
Nantong, Jiangsu Province (江苏省南通市)
Yanbin Primary School (南通市雁滨小学)
I hope you like them! Thanks for following!
10 Tuesday Jun 2014
Posted in Shanghai and Suzhou 2014
Last night I went with the Hutong School on a night walk through Shanghai! We started in the Yuyuan Garden (豫园) area and ended in Xintiandi (新天地). There were so many lights and people! We passed some “Square Dancing” (广场舞) – NOT like the type they do in Texas, though… It’s called Square Dancing because it’s a bunch of people dancing in a square or public park. We also passed some people who had set themselves up some karaoke, with a microphone and a screen propped up on a motorbike and everything!
While we were walking, I finally located some postcards! I’ll definitely be going back there to do some shopping. And I also saw several modern/Western stores and restaurants such as Starbucks, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, and Dairy Queen located in very traditional-looking Chinese buildings. Attached are some pictures where you can (kind of) see a McDonalds and a Dairy Queen. As we walked, I chatted with other Hutong School students of all ages and from all around the world – the UK, Germany, Italy, France, and the Netherlands, as far as I can remember! So far I haven’t met any other Americans or even any Canadians…
Our final stop was a small museum. I learned nothing because I was too exhausted to read anything haha. But the last picture attached to this post is a building near the museum – it’s the building where the Chinese Communist Party had its first meeting. Anyway, when we were done, I grabbed a drink at Starbucks, then took a taxi to the Hutong School and then the subway home. I was going to make these posts last night but my bed was just so comfortable!! Oooh but speaking of Starbucks, there’s one right across from the subway stop at school…. another wonderful breakfast option!
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10 Tuesday Jun 2014
Posted in Shanghai and Suzhou 2014
Howdy! I arrived in China Monday morning, local time, and now it’s Wednesday morning!
Getting here: Took forrrrrrr-ever…. But was rather un-eventful, thankfully! I flew from the US to a 9-hour layover in Frankfurt, and then from Frankfurt to Shanghai. I DID get to see Mongolia from the airplane like I wanted to! But I don’t have any pictures because I couldn’t charge my phone in Germany and I needed to conserve the battery. There was also a lot of glare because it was early morning. It was really pretty though!! Instead of pictures of Mongolia, attached to this post you should find a picture of the ENORMOUS plane I flew on!
Arrival in Shanghai: Monday morning, local time. I was met at the airport and brought to my apartment, where a kind Hutong School staff member showed me around before going to the airport to pick up someone else. I went to the convenience store to buy something to drink, took a shower, chatted online for a bit, and then fell asleep. I was asleep when my housemate got home and didn’t get to meet her… But attached you should also find two pictures of the view out my window!
First Day at Hutong School: Yesterday morning, the same lovely staff member who showed me around my apartment picked me up, and we and a guy from France walked together to the subway station at Zhenping Road (镇坪路) where we met up with another guy from London and took the subway together to the stop at Changshu Road (常熟路) where we disembarked and walked around the corner to the school. When we got there, they placed us into classes, and they gave us our class schedules, a short orientation, and a bag of goodies. Some of the Hutong School staff took the three of us and one other new student to lunch at a Hunan restaurant, which I think was the first real food I had eaten in at least 48 hours… After that, the French and English guy started classes that afternoon so I took the subway back to my apartment and did some college stuff. When I was done, I made my way back to meet the events coordinator at the school and go on a night walk through Shanghai! Attached, find some pictures of the school. There will probably be more to come!
Night walk through Shanghai: I’ll make a separate post for this so I can include pictures. I’m posting by email, and it can handle only so many attachments at once.
Today: It is currently 6:05am on Wednesday, June 11. My class starts at 9 and goes until 2. I’m thinking I’ll go to a noodle place for breakfast and then take the subway to school. Not sure what I’ll do once class is over, but if it’s interesting, I’ll make sure I tell you about it!
Over and Out,
Evangelista
31 Tuesday Jul 2012
Posted in Suzhou NSLI-Y 2012
I can connect my laptop to wifi at school sometimes, so I’m sitting here eating lunch and I thought I’d give you guys a few pictures. Of course, I have a lot of other things to tell you about, but I’ll save them for another post and devote this one solely to pictures… So here you go! Sorry it’s not that many, but my email can upload only so much at once.
