Nanyuan Inn (Ningbo Zhongshan)
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BAD NEWS!
So far everything has been going swimmingly, the right stamps issued by the right departments, just one more to get, and Ted rang to say he wants to meet at Gregs apartment...
The last government department said NO to Teds application to sponsor a Z visa and residence permit application. No explanation, I meet or exceed their requirements, no reasons listed for the declined application... Just No.
So I am on a job hunt again!
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Arrival at last.
... and I met Greg, the head foreign teacher, Neil, another FT, and Ted the owner of the new school with one of the senior local staff, Lee, who translated for Ted to Greg, Neil and Me.
After bumming around some malls in Ningbo and having lunch at Pizza hut, it was off to Fenghua, with a stop at the Ningbo local government offices to pick up some stamped ...
Sleepy Time for Hoopie
... 26 hours of traveling. When I arrived Sylvie and I had to roll my 50 lbs suitcases through her winding housing complex which ended up being just laughable as well as a pain in the butt. I'm told that this is the hottest week of summer they have had thus far in Ningbo. It's super humid and I've had a nice sticky layer since I got here.
Sylvie had arranged a "Welcome Back Meredith. Goodbye ...
Yo, Hangzhou
... the remnants of palace used by Qianlong Emperor during the Qing Dynasty.
I also had a yummy rice-thing wrapped in bamboo with meat inside. Delicious.
The fact is, I didn't see one fifth of what is to be seen at West Lake, and there is more to Hangzhou that just that. It was an extended preview. I want to go back to Hangzhou. I could spend weeks there, just looking at all this historical awesomeness and artfully cultivated natural ...
Big ol' Ningbo Update
... Chinese using English, but on the rare occasion they can't express something in English, I can usually parse their Chinese, so long as any new vocabulary is explained to me. She dresses like she's from California.
We parted ways at the taxi stand at the Train Station. Forrest's apartment is in a little area that I'm going to translate as "Riverside Plaza." In the video you can see it pretty clearly from the 18th floor that he lives on as I was waiting for ...
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