Shijiazhuang
Travel Blogs from Shijiazhuang, China
Week 1!
... year. By locals I mean pretty much foreigners who have lived here for a few years. There is one guy, Jake from China; some guys from Australia, Great Britain, and somewhere in Africa. We drank a Heinken! They frequent a downtown club called ...
ping guo = apple
... seen anyone with a disability/handicap which lead to them explaining to us that physical/mental disabilities are frowned upon in china-very very sad but they told us if they can detect a disability with an ultra sound, they'll usually abort it ...
Friday Night Life
Tonight I went out with Alissa, Kara, Willie, Josh and Jake. Alissa, Kara, Willie and Josh are all from Drake but are placed in different schools around the city. Jake is a Chinese guy who is studying to get this masters in English, so he is by far ...
Yujiacun, petit village chinois
La campagne chinoise Premiere etape de notre periple chinois, un petit village a 300km de Pekin, Yujiacun. Sa particularite outre son anciennete: les ruelles, les maisons, les temples, tout de pierre grise. La-bas tout le monde porte le meme nom, Yu (un ...
Early reflections -- eating our way through Shijia
... workers have refined palates...) - and plan to return to tea alley in the Free Market before leaving. Walking in Shijiazhuang: (Barely) controlled chaos -- that is Shijiazhuang traffic. Not nearly as chaotic as Karachi nor as congested as ...
China by pictures
... You can tell who washes their laundry and on which day because you see this! Makes china look very colorful To the North of my building is this street where ...
Tea please!
... the color of the case for the tea and they put it in a gold bag! It was probably the most relaxing thing I've done since being in China! I'm going to take Mom, Taj and Kali, to this place when you guys come visit! You'll love it! ...
Ganbei!
... said yes but also got some peach juice (AMAZING!!). If you ever have the need to feel totally out of place go to a restaurant in china with random Chinese men! They all talked and I had no idea what was going on half of the time. No one spoke ...
My new home
... room, ect. My new adress is below- I love getting mail so feel free to send stuff! xoxo Foreign Affairs Division Att: Billie Pace-Graczyk Hebei Medical University No 361 Zhongshan E-Road, Shijiazhuang City Hebei Province, ...
Acupuncture
I had acupuncture done on my shoulder at the number one hospital in Shijiazhuang, the largest of all five hospitals. I went with one of my American friends, Angela, who teaches a group of doctors who work here. She said she had a headache so ...
Praising the Chinese toilet - & other matters
... a single rotten vegetables lobbed in my direction). Afterward, we returned through the thickening smog to Hebei Normal in central Shijiazhuang. Visit to Hebei Medical University (HMU): This is the oldest (modern) university in China, dating from ...
Leaving Shijiazhuang + Generic Westerner at Wall
... my colleague Min Li at the UW. The Jingshi Hotel is new, very modern - a contrast to the our hotel in Shijiazhuang which, while perfectly adequate, could probably use a refurb. (Given the tight budgets for universities, this is unlikely to ...
Santa Claus is comin' to Shijiazhuang!
I have added some photos and videos of the "Shijiazhuang English Language Talent Show." I was an honorable judge at this even! I really didn't do anything because the range of points was from 9.0- 10 and I gave just about everyone a 9.8! There were ...
September is the BEST month!
... from Helen two times a week and it basically took us one whole class to learn those three sentences! I bought a volleyball in China! And have made Willie play with me on the play ground. Willie plays basketball with the boys but i don't think I am ...
Trein Beijing - Xi'an
... Ik voelde aan dat dit niet zo maar een vraag was en herinnerde me ook de VRT- journalist die serieuze problemen had gekregen in China. Dus ik besloot een praatje te gaan maken met de man die me aangesproken had. Hij verwachte duidelijk niet dat ik bij hem ...
My Chinese Birthday!
... all I could say was "It's green!" ( my favorite color) So Willie surprised me with a green bike...which is a huge deal in China. You really need a bike to do just about anything. It was a great gift. Later that day, after a long bike ride, two of ...
College Life
This week I have been teaching my students about American college life. I have learned of a few differences. First, in their dorm rooms there are 8 students in about the same size space as American college dorms. They have 2desks, ...
Wake me up when we get to China.
... , I am using "quotes" when I name something based on what I know and how it looked and tasted! Long story short, we arrived in Shijiazhuang yesterday, Aug. 26 around 10 am. I really hope that Monday, Aug. 25th was not my day to win the lottery or that ...
Ni hao from China
... wanted me to have it! I have finally found a site that allows me to access it and thus bring you up to speed on China. I have been here less than a week but have already experienced so many things that my head is still ...
tuesday lunch
... has been pretty weak. I would speak in my broken Chinese- saying things like I am a teacher- I am from America- I live in Shijiazhuang, my name is- very simple things. She kept talking to me in Chinese and I had no idea what she was saying so ...
Hally
... . Most of the other people I have met are very shy or very clingy. If I see these people for a long time I get really annoyed. I hope that when you Mom, Kali and Taj come to Shijiazhuang I will get to introduce Hally to ...
massage china style!
... massage ever. She worked my legs and ankles and feet. I believe that she could have been the strongest woman in China because at some points her massage brought tears into my eyes from her pushing into my flesh! Then I flipped over and ...
Shijiazuang and Zhengding
... no street signs didn't help). Eventually I hopped in a taxi and soon discovered that there are infact two train stations in Shijiazhuang, something LP neglected to mention. I got a little to close to the seedier side of the city - unintentionally, of ...
mid autunm festival
... Josh, Alissa and myself) had no idea where we were going nor what to expect. During out wait (a common trend in china) a Chinese boy and his mother approached our group and started to speak with us. The boy, who's name was James, spoke ...
Education, social policy, and -what else? - food
... to see his parents). In addition, the tourist attractions - those in Xi'an, Beijing, Shanghai, etc. - are similarly crowded. Shijiazhuang, on the other hand has been remarkable pleasant and fun. Fewer vehicles mean less pollution and noise. And the ...
Botanical Garden/Duck Head
... nbsp; We arrived at the garden however to find empty garden beds and dirt everywhere. We decided that Des Moines and Shijiazhuang are no longer friends...hehe At one point Alissa and I had to go to the bathroom really badly ...
The big smoke but not much more
... is empty...so no chance of spending there! Also there is a Card and Chess Room..perhaps the reason why they ask for a deposit? Shijiazhuang is not a hit, the air is so polluted we can hardly breathe, and also not much to see. At least we tried fast food ...
Time for a haircut!
... around her face- he cut it in a very blunt manner. We paid 35RMB for our cuts- apparently this is very expensive in China. I did not know this until I talked with my classes about it. Most students here will pay 5-10RMB for a cut. ...

