China Youth Hostel
Travel Blogs from Dalian
Halloween China Style
... to wear out. A few weeks ago we had decided to dress up as characters from the Wizard of Oz. Unfortunately, Anthony had a bad bout of food poisoning the day we scheduled to go costume shopping, which meant that Saturday morning, I had virtually nothing for his Tinman costume. Thankfully, Laura and I are good guerrilla shoppers/ costumers and we magically found everything we needed in time to head out to the parties. Amazingly enough we even found a ...
我在中国生活
... br> My life in China is very good! Every day I wake up at 8:00. Sometimes before class I go to the cafeteria in the dormitory to buy coffee. From 8:30 to 10:00 I have grammar class; from 10:20 to 11:50 I have listening class. My class has four Japanese, two Russians, two Koreans, one Mongolian, and myself. After class, my friends and I go to the cafeteria in the dormitory to eat lunch. Every day I eat a garlic chicken dish, a bowl of rice, and ...
Kindergarten part 2
Ok so I am currently writing this as I hide in a curtained section of the kindergarten so that I don't scare the new child. She is less than two years old and this is her first day at a kindergarten away from grandma and mom. She is very freaked out and apparently scared of the strange white teacher. It turns out that my "big eyes" scare her. I usually think of my big eyes as my best feature, but apparently they are terrifying to ...
What I've Been Learning
... in to live among a diverse population of cultures and perspectives entirely foreign to me. And I like it.
The dear friends I've grown the closest to have absolutely no interest in religion. So I've been asking myself “How they could ever come to know the love of their creator if they don't even want to know if he exists? How will they ever care about Time after time if they don't ever look beyond what their eyes ...
A police escort
... We both found ourselves wanting to sit down and write a story a out this forgotten beauty, quickly being overgrown with vegetation. Eric also took us to a market which sells some amazing jade carvings. This started Anthony and I to talking about the studies/libraries covered in artifacts from all over the world which we have both always dreamed of owning one day. It is fascinating to see the art and handicrafts of other countries. I ...