Elegance Hotel (Ningbo Jiangbei)
Travel Blogs from Ningbo
BAD NEWS!
So far everything has been going swimmingly, the right stamps issued by the right departments, just one more to get, and Ted rang to say he wants to meet at Gregs apartment...
The last government department said NO to Teds application to sponsor a Z visa and residence permit application. No explanation, I meet or exceed their requirements, no reasons listed for the declined application... Just No.
So I am on a job hunt again!
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Arrival at last.
... relating to my new job. Ted was happy when he came back to the car with them.
Ended up in Fenghua a half hour drive south of Ningbo where the school is located. My new workplace is a franchise branch of the Shanes English Schools network. I have a little one room apartment until the teacher I am replacing leaves and I move into his emptied apartment.
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Sleepy Time for Hoopie
... I've also included what a person looks like after 26 hours of traveling and 5 1/2 hours of sleep - ROUGH. I'm so excited about living with these pups though. They couldn't be sweeter.
I have another roommate Eddie who like Sylvie is from Melbourne. They actually went to the same high school. Eddie and I are going to be working at the same school actually which is great for me because he ...
Yo, Hangzhou
... the remnants of palace used by Qianlong Emperor during the Qing Dynasty.
I also had a yummy rice-thing wrapped in bamboo with meat inside. Delicious.
The fact is, I didn't see one fifth of what is to be seen at West Lake, and there is more to Hangzhou that just that. It was an extended preview. I want to go back to Hangzhou. I could spend weeks there, just looking at all this historical awesomeness and artfully cultivated natural ...
Big ol' Ningbo Update
... it," she said. Uh oh.
Initially I herded her into the taxi, but the driver said that if we left the scene, there would be no reimbursement (from the insurance company I later learned), so we got out, and waited for the ambulance. There was an indeterminate amount of time where spent standing near the crumpled up cab, waiting. After seeing the ruin it was, it is amazing that hers was the only injury.
Finally the ambulance arrived, and we went ...