Meihua Business 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 ...

... to work at least 20 more years to save enough money for them.<br><br>Mr. Qiao likes to hear about my travel stories. He says he dreams of going to Inner Mongolia to ride horses on the grassland and go to Xishuangbana in the tropics, but it won't happen in this life time. He's got too much obligations already. But he's not a cynic. He tells me he's driven over 10,000 km on this truck alone, I tell him that's more than 2.5 times around the world, he chuckles.

... br><br>*Taught them about playing card games in English- they learned<br>&#8220;Jack, Queen, King, Ace&#8221; they usually say&#8221;11,12,13,1.&#8221; Taught 'em different<br>card terminology and they learned a couple different games like BS-except I<br>called it &#8220;lie&#8221; and Egyptian Rat Screw. They taught me a game that&#8217;s a lot like<br>&#8220;P&amp;A &#8220;or &#8220;*******.&#8221;<br><br>*Wrote short stories- students had to include 5 ...

Peanut Butter and Jelly Day :) *We decided to bring a little taste of the West to our Middle School by making over a thousand peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and distributing them during the students lunch time. It was crazy! We had Willie and our friend John controlling the crowd and Kara and I handed out sandwiches. It was a lot of fun until we got in trouble by the school because theres a rule against it.. even though we told them all about what we were going to do.. ehh ...

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... we all had the massage together. Later Fabian came and joinded our room- he is from Argentina and speak beautiful English! The rest of the group was in a different room then ours. First we had our feet soaked in a hot bath of milky liquid with flower pedals. It was amazing because my feet always seem to be cold in China. After soaking for 10 mins a woman came in and took the water away. I was instructed to lie down and she began to give ...

... I have the reputation of unhealthy eating down... but it is delicious! Alissa got me a card and instead of saying "For You" on the front it said "Ror You!" We saw a sign at a park that said "Wickets" instead of "Tickets!" But I'm sure we do that kind of thing all the time when we try to write Chinese symbols or even when we try to say something, we say the complete opposite due to the different tones and such. But is is still funny to see it done to English! Who doesn't love a mistake ...

... an amusement park/carnival/nature walk and there were parts that reminded us of spike tv- where people do crazy obstacles and fall off things. we watched people in these water bubble type things try to stand up and do flips- really entertaing, ha. and we went on a roller coaster and walked down secluded paths that we thought would lead us to soemthing but really just went on and on- we didn't mind though cuz it was so nice to be out in ...

... them. When he showed me the bathroom I was so relieved to see a western toilet! I could have hugged him I was so happy! The apt. is very nice. Air conditioning, kitchen, washer, guest bedroom, sitting room, ect. My new adress is below- I love getting mail so feel free to send stuff! xoxo Foreign Affairs Division Att: Billie Pace-Graczyk Hebei Medical University No 361 Zhongshan E-Road, Shijiazhuang City Hebei Province, China

... If I felt like a slacker before I came here (which I did), I now feel comparatively like an absolute parasite who ought to be put on an ice-flow to relieve pressure on the planet's scarce resources. Briefly observed: Leisure shopping: We returned to the Free Market yesterday and discovered what the residents of Shijiazhuang like to do during their holidays - shop. To say the shopping area was mobbed is a gross understatement. See photos ...