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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…

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

我们开始去故宫（也叫紫禁城）。我们走在内庭，还走在外庭。故宫有人山人海！我们以后去吃午饭。今天我们吃很地道的北京反。大家都喜欢。 我们坐巴士去天坛。我们看到了一个木摸天坛。它造出来的11180件！看天坛以后，我们去难锣鼓巷。有的人在这儿买T恤衫，有的人买星巴克！我们坐一辆黄包车通过胡同。我们下黄包车，就进入谁的房间。他是功夫师傅，是五十九岁。他明年会退休。导游教我门怎么做水饺。你先拿面团，然后你放卷心菜在里面。然后，你折饺子。功夫师傅的妻子做很好吃的饭！我们吃饭以后回酒店休息和睡觉。 明天我们去上海！ We started by going to the Forbidden City [which is literally called “The Purple City”]. We walked around the inner court and the outer court. The Forbidden City had mountains and seas of people [a Chinese expression Read more…

Last night, we ate a traditional Peking Duck dinner, which is only found in Beijing. Here were some of the best dishes served (pictures below): Sweetened Yams Lamb and Broccoli Beef and Mushrooms Chinese Cucumbers (where eating the skin is Read more…

(As always, translation is below) 我们先吃一个很好吃的早饭。我们坐巴士去慕田峪的长城。大家有很多能源，所以爬长城很容易！我们拍很多照片在顶部。我们做雪橇去下面。坐雪橇很快！我们有时间买东西。讨价还价很重要！有的人买帽子，有的人买磁铁。我们在一家北京农村的餐馆吃午饭。大家觉得中国反很好吃，比美国的中国反更好！ 我们然后去798，一个当代艺术区。有的人在这儿买明信片。然后，我们去看一个杂技表演，很有意思！看表演以后我们去吃晚饭。今天晚上的餐馆是北京烤鸭餐馆，是我最好吃的饭！导游教我门怎么折煎饼。 明天我们去故宫，天坛，和一个胡同。明天也有很多好吃的饭。在北京，好玩永不停止！ 看看下面的照片。 We first started our day with a very delicious breakfast. We took the bus to go to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall [which is typically less touristy than the Read more…