Huiwen 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 ...

... to a few crowded tables. These guys are our hope to get to Taiyuan tonight.

We go over to the tables where the drivers are sitting and ask each table one by one if they would take us. The drivers of the inflammable materials can't take us, the drivers of the truck carrying new cars won't take the risk - they are too many bandits out there they said, others say they are going in a different direction. With all the drivers at the restaurant ...

... 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.

... area of 15.8 thousand square kilometers (6100.4 square miles), it has 6 districts, 12 counties, 5 county-level cities and 1 national-level new and high-tech development zone under its prefecture. Shijiazhuang has a population of 9.395 million, 2.313 million of whom live in the urban area ...

... vocabulary, math, songs, games. It's a good time. Our military friends all had to go back to their countries. It was a sad goodbye. We hung out with them all the time. Going out isn't going to be the same without them. We haven't actually been out out since they left- mostly because we're working so much that we're just too tired. But we have a lot of fun events coming up so we'll have time to party then. Mallory and ...

... seemed to be an apt building. It had one big table in the middle of the bar and then small tables that were closed off by wooden doors. Our friend Jason had some kind of hook up with the bartender and paid for everything. After quite a few ganbei's (cheers), Angela and I decided to hit up the dance floor to join the many men that were dancing with each other, ha. Everyone had a great time. We met a bunch of new people including one guy that said he ...

... 1/2 hour break. We joined an awesome gym within walking distance so we can easily go there during that time. But if we don't work out, we eat awesome street food and read or play Nintendo DS. We are living the life. We are finding more and more food that we like to eat at the market. They have anything form we think chicken sandwiches, to noodles, to like an egg and carrot english muffin thing that is delicious. Everything costs less that 3 yuan which is maybe 40 cents. So ...

... time before lunch so i started to unpack and as i lifted things out of my toiletries bag i noticed they were all covered in something- my large conditioner had exploded and drenched everything so i had to rinse off everything and in the process made a huge mess- had to take things out of cardboard/paper containers and throw things away. Afterward, we went to lunch- our first real chinese meal. sooo different. we walked down the street to one of hellens ...

... and relative quiet of the park contrasted with the noise and bustle of the Wall. More evidence that, un China as elsewhere, it was good to be king (or emperor, as the case maybe). Bullet train to Shanghai: We took the old Beijing subway line for the half-hour trip to the train station. The subway was crowded -- standing room only, of course, but clean. Beijing has already complete one new subway line and the second new line (specifically to serve Olympic venues ...