Hello from Kunming! Due to the limited internet access, most of the posts will be uploaded at the end of the trip. We have just finished our three-day orientation in Beijing and will leave by overnight train to Lijiang, which is located in Yunnan Province. We will spend two weeks Read more
Today, I embark on a six-week expedition to the Middle Kingdom. It is a trip where we will leave our old lives behind us, and assume new identities while wandering through China. I wanted to share the following quote with you. It is by Anaïs Nin, a Cuban/French author: We Read more
Bags packed and I’m ready for the 26-hour journey to Beijing (北京)! See you in six weeks, America!
While most of the group had left on the flight back to New York, I carried on the trip by staying in Hong Kong for less than 48 hours. I visited my old school, picked up pastries at the Mandarin Oriental’s cake shop, and did other routine things I used Read more
今天早上我们去菜市场买水果和蔬菜。我们的目标是跟本地和老板练习说中文。我买了西葫芦、苹果、香菜、香蕉、和猕猴桃。大家都玩儿的很高兴。我们吃午饭吃了小龙汤包；很好吃！我们吃午饭以后，就坐巴士去上海浦东国际机场。我们拖行李，和上飞机。大家想纽约，可是我们也要想中国。我们希望将来我们可以回中国旅行、学习、和工作。 This morning, we went to the wet market to buy fruits and vegetables. We practiced speaking Chinese with the local people and shop owners. I bought zucchini, apples, cilantro, bananas, and kiwi. Everyone had a great time. We ate soup dumplings for lunch; they were delicious! After we ate Read more
The flight is showing an on time departure. Hope to see everyone soon!
Tomorrow morning, we will begin our final few hours in China. After a trip to the wet market, we will have our final lunch. Then, we will proceed to Pudong International Airport to catch our flight to New York. We will be back Thursday night. Hope to see you all Read more
在中文课，我们学习很多的菜的名字。明天我们去超市买蔬菜。我们在一家别的广东餐馆去午饭。然后，我们去豫园买东西，和跟本地人练习说中文。大家玩儿的很高兴。我们去新疆餐馆吃晚饭。然后，我们跳舞和吃冰淇淋。 明天，我们回纽约去！ In Chinese class, we learned how to say the names of vegetables. Tomorrow we are going to go to the wet market to buy vegetables. We ate lunch at another Guangdong restaurant. Then, we went to the Yu Garden to buy things, and talk with the local people. Read more
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