Rest Hotel (Wenzhou Yangfushan)
Travel Blogs from Wenzhou
National Week in Wenzhou
... the pollution was much less during this week because it was the holiday and many of the factories were not in full bloom.
Our hotel was beautiful! It is called the "Ex-Palm D'or" Hotel. I highly recommend it. We don't get the chance to stay in great hotels very often, so I'm sure there are better ones, however, the service was very friendly, housekeeping was very honest, and the complimentary breakfast ...
Spontaneous class cancellations = awesome
... less than I have had since being here. Which is awesome. But as if it weren't awesome enough, we were told there were no classes of grade 7 until Thursday, which meant I didn't have to work for three days. HUZZAH! Then, as if THAT weren't enough, I showed up to work on Monday only to learn that for the entire week, the grade 7s were doing military training in their non-core subjects (like mine!) which meant for the course of 5 days, I only had to teach a total ...
Epic nightz take 2!
This weekend was a bit of a repeat of last weekend but just as equal in its epicness and of course included a movie and late night KTV. As this was the first week where school actually started, I felt it appropriate to do a movie tribute with Ferris Bueller's Day Off, with an accompanying drinking game. Rules are simple, simply drink (however much you like) whenever: Jeanie complains Ferris talks to the camera Ferris narrowly escapes bumping ...
Epic Nights in Wenzhou
... Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody The Muppets - Bohemian Rhapsody (yes, there is such a thing and it is indeed awesome) Lady Gaga - Bad Romance After KTV at 6am we were all quite shittered but had quite the hunger on. How to solve this? Two cabs again. To the back of Euro city where those beautiful golden arches shine. Breakfast of singing champions at McDonald's never tasted so good. I wish sausage and egg mcmuffins were served all day. ...
Meeting my Wenzhou relatives for the first time!
... Most of the dishes featured seafood such as fish that had been steamed or fried and covered in all different types of sauces. There were also braised meats such as duck tongue which was always one of my favorite dishes when I was growing up. Matt surprisingly liked it as well. One of our favorite dishes this time was this lightly fried rolled crepe that was covered in powdered sugar. As with many cultures, meals are a time for the Chinese to socialize and ...