Huaxin Hotel Shijiazhuang

... a noodle dish.

Luke and I went back another night, but lacked the mandarin to order the noodles, but we managed to get the lamb and some chinese beers. That same night we also managed to catch a live crab that was escaping from th restaurant. This was extremely entertaining for the other diners.

There are not alot of foriegners in Shijiazhuang. We were a real novelty. When luke was outside some ...

... no I goes out the the parking lot and intercepts each driver as they go to the covenient store and the bathrooms. Two hours goes by and we had asked about 30 set of drivers with no success.

It's 10:30pm. Finally just as I am about to give up I see two guys standing close to Liu Chang. They must be truck drivers. I go up to them, offers them some cigarettes from Germany I brought with me, sweet talks them into giving us a ride. Fortuantely they are ...

... words
I chose- none of which went together very easily so I received some pretty
creative stories.

*Field Day/Relays outside- We met in the classroom- I drew
pictures on the board and explained “Run backwards race, 3-legged race,
piggyback ride race, and wheel barrel race” –Gave away the medals my mom sent
from home (mine and my brother’s soccer, cheerleading, basketball, golf awards)
Since all the students ...

... 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 ...

... my name is- very simple things. She kept talking to me in Chinese and I had no idea what she was saying so she called one of her friends who spoke a little better English and asked me some questions. The girl on the phone asked me if I would help her friend learn English. I said yes but I am really only free in this area on Tuesdays from 12-2- otherwise I am back in the city, so we will see.

... one at the end of their senior 3 year which determines which university they can get into. since there are so many of them, they are extremely competitive so instead of working together and helping one another, they try to out-do one another. they have very little free time. jake said he was miserable during this time because there was so much pressure from his parents to do well. he's really smart though and got into the best college- he ...

... By the time I left I was ready to fall over from all of the welcoming!! The wait staff brought in some food and continued to keep brining one dish at a time. Each time something new was presented to the table, the director would turn the food to me and offer me some. I once only took a small piece so I guess he took that as a cue to start putting food on my plate. I don't think he realized ...

... just thinking about it now started getting me really happy- can't wait to see all of em tomorrow. we were talking to helen a few days ago as we were walking around campus and she told us there are 6,000 students, 500 teachers- 5 that are foreign- us and 2 women from england. we're gonna have anywhere from 50-75 students per class and probably around 700 students each- we were already told by the people that taught here last year not to worry about ...

10/4/07 (Reader Alert! Beware, I wax all pointy-headed about social policy and education below. You may want to skip to the brief food & leisure section and the photos.) Our decision not to travel anywhere during the National Day week-long holiday turned out to wise. Traditionally, folks return to their home villages or visit tourist attractions during this time. As a consequence, folks book tickets well in advance and all forms of ...