Silver Spring Hotel Shijiazhuang

... a noodle dish. <br><br>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. <br><br>There are not alot of foriegners in Shijiazhuang. We were a real novelty. When luke was outside some ...

... three trucks to Taiyuan direction, there's enough room to fit both Liu Chang and I but we have to split up. <br><br>In China trucks are fitted with at least two drivers. One would drive while the other would sleep. The truck runs nonstop. I talk with Mr. Qiao as we climb the steep mountains that cuts between Hebei and Shanxi. He's from the countryside outside of Tianjing. They are going to a small place outside of Taiyuan to bring back iron rods ...

... was pretty upset, I tried being understanding and trusted<br>him since we were friends&#8230; wrong move- he kept making up excuses and not<br>returning my calls, going on trips supposedly paid for by his friends, and now<br>he&#8217;s nowhere to be found. He owes his business partner/best friend a lot of<br>money too and HE doesn&#8217;t even know where he is. He still owes me 3500 RMB (more<br>than $500)- but after 5 months of frustration, I&#8217;ve come to ...

... house. The live in a storage unit where they sell children's books. We made dumplings and Willie got drunk with the grandpa. Kara and I bought some fun books- I want to give em to the kids I tutor as going away gifts because a lot of em are in Chinese and English. I think Young Young would really like one for her son too. Day of Fun in the Sun with Sunny and Jassi's families *I teach these two little girls and their moms always ask me do things with them but because ...

... 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 ...

... are coming to visit next week. Can't wait!! A couple weeks later, Willie, Kara and I are going to Chengdu, then Kara's brother is visiting, then we're going to South Korea, then Willie's family will be here, then we have about a month before we head home. Time is gonna fly. Although I'm really looking forward to being home and seeing everyone, I know I'm really gonna miss it here so I want to make sure to live up every moment.

... have ginger pieces which we arent fond of but this was different- we literally couldn't feel our tongues. Wednesday morning we had our chinese lesson and learned how to say all the months, numbers, dates and how to talk about holidays. "Today is September 22nd" is "Jin tian shi jiu yue shi qi hao." If I wanted to say "October 1st is National Day" I would say "Shi yue yi hao shi Guo Qing Jie." And if I wanted to talk about the time of a vacation ...

... so all is exposed to the world. It is actually quite practical because when the babies need to go they can just go without messing up their clothes- no one uses diapers here. Sometimes you'll see a kid completely naked from the waste down. Anyway, we saw this baby with a big mosquito bit on his butt- when his parents noticed it they all started grabbing his butt! The kid looked so ****** off it was ...

... a decent man- so I gave him my cell number and he's gonna call me so I can give him Engliish lessons. I figured I can have him come to the school so I am safe about it. The rest of the day was spent telling our waiban people what needed to be fixed and sitting around playing nintendo cuz we couldnt leave with all of em there. later in the evening we watched "stand by me" and then just went to bed. Today I started my second week of teaching ...

... the cold that day. No such luck time. Tiananmen Square was all decked out in red for the historic occasion of the 17th Party Congress and was seething mass of tens of thousands. Again, the police were very much in evidence, stop[ping people to check their parcels, bags, etc. As foreigners, we seemed to be given a pass. There is little to say about the Forbidden City that hasn't already been said, much better than I could do. Several things were noticeably different ...