Eastern Pearl Nanjing
No.389 Zhujiang Road, Xuanwu District Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210018, China
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Chinese line skippers and how to deal with them
We woke up excited today for our 2 day excursion to the old capital of China, Nanjing (translated as 'South Capital'). The alarm went off at 0630 and we were up and out within the hour. After a quick 15 minutes train ride, we arrived at the Hongqiao Railway station. Since we were early, we walked around the station and grabbed some breakfast to go …
Nanjing-sad memories and a symbol of hope
Today was a full day of exploring in Nanjing, despite the evolving dark clouds and constant rain all day long. Even our rental umbrella took a heavy beating! Ironically, appropriate weather for the activity planned for the day - the Nanjing Museum. We have heard so much about this atrocious period in Nanjing's history and was told it was a must …
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Wedding grandeur....
... with the return of relatives from overseas the ideal opportunity arose to finally have the party which can only be described as a grand ocassion with overly elaborate formalities....Very OTT!!!
As an esteemed guest I was seated at the table with the bride and groom!! I was the only foreigner there apart from the groom so got to practice a bit of my Chinese mixed in with the English that a number of guests at my table could speak. Quite ...
Pressure is on
... it is good to know that not all all my knowledge will rely on Chinese texts.
It was good to see that the teacher understands that he is teaching foreign students. Although some students on the program prefer classes that aren't cater toward international students, I will take all the help I can get.
For dinner, a few of my classmates and I went for Xinjiang food which is food from Western China. In ...
I wasn't expecting him to turn right here...
... a taxi shows up. We flag him down, and work out a way to describe our destination, but the driver refuses to take us. It is as if he has never been there and isn't about to break a habit now.
Aaargh. He flags down a second taxi, who also demurs, then a 3rd, and a 4th... meanwhile the crowd of townfolk has grown and they all start to brow-beat our original driver, with much gesturing at the now ...



