Hengshui Sun Shine Hotel Shijiazhuang

... in line, and when we got back they had given away all the rooms. Beasue of this we got upgraded to a suite. We had a siting room with couches, a refrigerator, and even a balcony! Lucky us. <br><br>Once we got our stuff up to the room, we went to find a late dinner with Kirk the program director. He led us to an outdoor place which is a carwash by day and a restaurant by night. It was good we had mutton on a stick ...

... Mr. Fu drops us off at the northern part of Shijiazhuang. We need to take a taxi to the north-western part where the Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan expressway is. After getting stuck in traffic for nearly an hour we arrive at a reststop on the Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan expressway. It's now dark and the only vehicles at the reststop are trucks. There's quite a few truck drivers eating at the restaurant at the reststop. We walk in, everyone stares at us, we smile and sits ...

... br><br> We went to dinner and had a party for Eileen&#8217;s birthday-<br>everyone met at a restaurant downtown- Sable brought her to the restaurant and<br>we surprised her- she cried of happiness- really going to miss Eileen. Went to<br>Sable&#8217;s apt afterward, everyone caught up with one another and we played<br>drinking games. Then went to 7 club for a bit. <br><br>Some things I&#8217;ve done with my Middle School students over<br>the last few weeks ...

... m either traveling or working a lot on the weekends, I usually never can but this Sunday I made a point not to schedule any lessons so could go. We took two cars out to Dragon Lake- about an hour outside the city. It was beautiful. We went on a speed boat, then went on a paddle boat, then caught some worm-fish things, had a nice picnic and relaxed by the water. It was great. Hoping to be able to go out with them again sometime before I leave. I really like both of their families.

... in Shijiazhuang. No one could have predicted that this small, unknown village would have developed rapidly into the modern capital city of Hebei Province. Lhasa China Travel Beijing China Travel China Hotels China Highlights China Tours Though it is a relatively young city, it is located ...

... sometimes. They stand over his shoulder the entire hour and a half and correct him the second he mispronounces a word. It's frustrating because he's really smart, and I know he'd correct himself but they don't give him the chance. He's involved in so much- English lessons, piano, singing, calligraphy. In addition to his daily homework, he practices each activity for one hour a day. His parents mean well but I think they ...

... bring you gifts and he might eventually propose. She said he proposed to a few girls last year- whoa. Since she had told me this, I told Robert that I wanted to stay on my street for lunch- i had to be back soon for class anyway so i had a good excuse, ha. he asked some pretty personal questions so i think next time he calls i'm only going to agree to meet for lessons and not lunch. Saturday night we were invited to go to a very special ...

... 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 better English than myself! We talked to them both for a while until we were finally allowed to board the bus. Little did we know that the rest of the day he was going to follow us around and take NON-STOP! This kid was actually pretty funny though because of the ...

... my nintendo ds and all of a sudden my lights starting flickering and the air conditioner went out. so then i went to tell kara and willie to unplug their things and as i walked out to the hall the hall light exploded and then i heard buzzing in my living room, went in there and saw that TV was on fire! (soo glad we were home when this happened) Willie and kara were sleeping so i woke em up and we unplugged everything- it was too late for a ...

... smog on the north side of Shijiazhuang, we drove through kilometer after kilometer of flat fields divided into 10 cubic meter patches by shallow irrigation ditches. The corn is full grown, though much shorter than the variety one sees in the U.S. In addition, what looked like winter wheat was just beginning to green the brown fields. The fields stretched away to the horizon. Amazingly, we saw very little farm machinery. Dwarfed by the expanse of land and scattered ...