Benjy Renton

在中文课，我们学了怎么讲价。我们在一家广东餐馆吃午饭；菜很清淡的。然后，我们坐地铁去复旦大学附属中学。我们跟复旦学生讨论鲁迅的文章叫肥皂。大家觉得议论很有意思。议论以后，复旦学生给我们一个参观的他们的学校。我们看过教室、运动场、电脑中心、学生餐厅、等。我们在学生餐厅吃了晚饭。我吃了面条和牛肉和青菜。我们跟复旦学生说“再见”，然后我们坐地铁。有的人要回酒店去休息，有的人要去外滩。我去外滩，很漂亮！。我们在外滩看南京路，很多的高楼。我们都玩儿的很高兴。然后，我们去酒店睡觉。 后天，我们别上海！ In Chinese class, we learned how to bargain. We ate lunch in a Guangdong Province restaurant; the food was very light in flavor. Then, we took the subway to go to Fudan High School. We discussed Lu Xun’s essay Soap with the Fudan students. Everyone thought the discussion Read more…

(See below for pictures!) 今天，我们起床起了很早，因为我们得做火车去杭州。我们坐地铁去上海红桥火车站。我们到了杭州的时候，就见到了我们的导游。她叫Alice。我们先去西湖的旁边租自行车。我们在西湖岸其自行车。我们其自行车以后，就坐船。我们坐得很高兴！然后，我们吃很地道的杭州菜；有一点儿辣。我们吃午饭以后，我们去灵隐寺烧香。然后，我们去一个茶园喝龙井茶。有的人在这儿买龙井茶。我们在一家酒店（离杭州火车站进）吃晚饭。我们回上海回了很晚，但是大家觉得去杭州划得来！ Today, we woke up very early, because we had to catch the train to Hangzhou. We took the subway to Shanghai Hongqiao Train Station. When we got to Hangzhou, we met our tour guide named Alice. We first rented bicycles near the West Lake. We Read more…

在中文课，我们读了一个杭州的故事；很有意思。我们在营七人间吃午饭；大家觉得餐馆很酷！然后，我们去新天地探索。以前，新天地是一个胡同。我们在这儿玩一个游戏。我们去东太路市场。我买了一条筷子。有的人买了一个扇子。今天的晚饭是很地道的上海菜。全部的菜很甜的，特别是鱼！ 明天我们会去杭州！我们都很兴奋！ In Chinese class, we read a story set in Hangzhou; it was very interesting. We went to lunch at a restaurant called “7 People”; everyone thought it was very cool! Then we went to explore an area called Xintiandi [literally translates to the New Heaven and Earth]. It Read more…

Our hotel is situated very close to Jiaotong University, one of the best universities (out of 30) in Shanghai. When walking to drop off and pick up our laundry, we walked through most of the campus. The campus we walked through is for graduate students and students studying abroad (研究生、留学生). Read more…

早上八点我们去交通大学洗衣服。在中文课，我们读了一个别的故事。今天的午饭我们吃了小笼包。我们吃午饭以后坐地铁去一个功夫课。下课一后，大家很累！我们去了田子芳买东西。我买了一套筷子。然后，我们吃新疆菜。大家喜欢跳舞！ 星期一我们会去杭州！ This morning at 8:00 we went to Jiaotong University to do our laundry. In Chinese class, we read another story. For lunch we ate Xiao Long Bao [soup dumplings]. After we ate lunch we went on the subway to a Kung Fu class. After the class, everyone was Read more…

今天早上我们上第二节中文课。老师教我们很多的生词。然后，我们吃日本面条。我们坐地铁去上海博物馆地铁站。我们在博物馆做一个寻宝。我最喜欢上海博物馆；导游说这个博物馆是中国最好的博物馆。我们有时间探索博物馆。我觉得非常有意思！我们去博物馆以后去一个烹饪班。大家做猪肉、茄子、公报既定、面条、饼子、和番茄鸡蛋。大家觉得真好吃！ This morning we had our second Chinese class. The teachers taught us a lot of new words. Then, we went to eat Japanese noodles [Ramen]. We then took the subway to the Shanghai Museum station. We did a scavenger hunt in the museum. I love the Shanghai Museum; the Read more…

今天我们上第一的中文课。我们练习说中文，讲故事。我们下课以后就吃午饭。我们去“外婆家”，一家最有名的餐馆。我们坐地铁去鲁迅的博物馆。我们跟有的上海学生探索博物馆。然后，我们去东方明珠踏。电梯很快！我们购物中心吃晚饭。 明天，我们去上海博物馆！ Today we had our first Chinese class. We practiced speaking Chinese and telling stories. After class we ate lunch. We went to “Grandma’s Kitchen”, a very famous restaurant in Shanghai. We took the subway to go to Lu Xun Memorial Hall. We explored the museum with some local Read more…

我们先看雍和宫，在北京的北边。我们在这里祈祷与香。然后，我们去Ines Brunn 的自行车商店叫Natooke （你应该看看最后发表更多信息）。我们然后去吃午饭，是中国的北边的饭。午饭有猪肉，红薯和面包。我们吃午饭以后，就去北京南苑机场去上海。我们到上海的时候，就吃晚饭。大家都很累，于是我们都睡觉睡得好。 We first saw the Lama Temple, which is situated in the North side of Beijing. We prayed with incense there. Then, we saw Ines Brunn’s bicycle shop called Natooke (You should look at the last post for more information). We then ate lunch, which featured food Read more…

(Sorry about the last post, this one should have text) Today we went to visit Ines Brunn’s bike shop Natooke. Brunn (a German native) worked for a telecommunications company, and was transferred in the early 2000s. Working in Beijing inspired her to eventually start selling fixed gear bicycles. While living Read more…

We are currently at Beijing’s Nanyuan airport to board our flight to Shanghai. Stay tuned for updates!