Sunshine 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 ...

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

... 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 ...

... fertile land that boasts splendid cultural history. As such, Shijiazhuang is home to many significant cultural relics, such as the oldest stone-arch bridge in China, Zhaozhou Bridge, and one of China's three hanging temples Qiaoloudian Hall (Bridge-Tower Hall). Moreover, the grand Taihang ...

... a tad overbearing- he doesn't have much time to just be a kid and play. Although he seems to enjoy everything he's involved in, I have a feeling his parents don't give him much of a choice. I'm trying to make our time together really fun so he'll continue to like learning English. My friend Hanne is gonna be leaving soon so I'll be taking over one of her students. And Mickey asked if I could start teaching triplet girls ...

... with the Governor of the Hebei Province. There were only 200 people invited to the banquet so Helen said we should be very honored. I sat at a table with a few Chinese men, a Korean man, a Japanese man, an Italian man and then all their interpreters. We had a blast!!!! One of the best times I've had since beinf here. I was told that I was the guest of honor so I sat at the head of the table and people were "gambei-ing" (cheersing ...

... of his voice and the faces he would make. He would also say things like "that is absolutely impossible" in a funny Chinese way. I have never been on a more bumpy road! The bus wasn't the greatest either because some of the seats were broken (Alissa's) and as we would become airborne at times she would be rocketed out of her seat. It was kind of comical to see these two big busses rolling down ...

... of things though- lights were blowing left and right, washing machine and water heaters were out- air conditioners were broken- my TV was obviously out of comission- willie's laptop charger blew- and we're waiting to find out about mine- don't know if it's just the charger or if it effected the computer as well (crossing my fingers its just the charger). We still don't know how all of it happened- we personally couldnt have blown a fuse ...

... the landscape were a few farmers - many of them women - hoeing weeds. As we approached Beijing, military and police roadblocks began to appear. Security was intense as the 17th Peoples' Congress had just begun (more about this later). Restrictions were also in place limiting traffic into the city. Although we saw a number of vehicles being searched and their drivers' papers being checked, we sailed through - due perhaps to the placard on the dashboard announcing that ...