Ximei Business Hotel Shijiazhuang

... with a chinese host family. I hit the jack pot. I stayed with "becky" and her parents. Her father is a meteorologist and her mother works at a bank. They showed me all over town and gave me a nice wooden good luck bracelet. (They are not normally worn by tourists and other Chinese people have found mine pretty funny when i where it out)

Becky's family was loaded. They had a large 2 story apartment, flat ...

Mr. Fu who's giving us a ride from Beijing turns out to be a businessman driving to Shijiazhuang for a meeting. Once he got comfortable with us he agrees to take us all the way to Shijiazhuang. The visibility is about 50 feet with heavy down pour as he drives slowly south. Both Liu Chang and I can't believe we're finally on the road. We seriously considered spending the night at the motel at the gas station. That would have been downright depressing!
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China whereskyle

... br>
*Taught them about playing card games in English- they learned
“Jack, Queen, King, Ace” they usually say”11,12,13,1.” Taught 'em different
card terminology and they learned a couple different games like BS-except I
called it “lie” and Egyptian Rat Screw. They taught me a game that’s a lot like
“P&A “or “*******.”

*Wrote short stories- students had to include 5 ...

... 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 ...

... with recent urban development. A jade-like moat embraces the city gently, bordered by 20 charming parks. This beautiful city is filled with culture and development, attracting visitors with new features daily. China Highlights Shanghai China Travel Xi'an China Travel Longsheng China Travel

... boss, Jack is really cool. He runs the school as well as teaches, he's in the process of opening a new school and he also has an international trade company. He's a busy guy but always makes time to call us to give us a heads up for the week. He has a lot of connections in our city and he asked me to work with one of his friend's hair school students for a weekend. They're all going to take a test in May which will ...

... that we still have more paper work to fill out dealing with our living permit (everyone needs a work permit and a livign permit), we aren't gaurenteed to get our passports back in time (the Security Bureau keeps it and it takes atleast 5 days to be returned and HK is the only city in china that you have to have your passport in order to enter) so since we didn't wanna take the chance of wasting money on a train ticket we decided we're gonna go to ...

... was an opera (SOO BAD-look at my clip!) a young girl playing a side ways harp, poems, more singing (some of which was really good) and then our American dance! The only thing we had to do to be able to come to this festival was to perform. Kara, Alissa, Willie, Josh and myself all practiced a little line dance to my Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Sirus before we left (we put like 15 mins of effort ...

Holy smokes, am I really in China?! I've been here now for 6 days, and still can't believe for the next year of my life I'm going to be teaching in a country so different than my own. With that being said, I couldn't be more excited for this adventure. It's already been qutie the experience. After my sad goodbye to my parents, brother, Andrea and Matt, I soon boarded the flight- we got upgraded to Economy Plus because Willie and Kara knew one of the ...

... zero for the sprucing up. Several of the main pavilions are shrouded in scaffolding and the ubiquitous green safety netting that seems to cover all buildings under construction. The frescoes on virtually all the buildings are being cleaned and repainted. (So far, the Greeks have resisted the temptation to restore the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis to the gaudy colors with which they were originally festooned - perhaps out of deference to Western ...