I’m back! My blog that is. And I’m back in China, woo! So you can follow me for the next 6 weeks (assuming I can continue to get internet and use blocked sites such as blogger, haha). I am spending my first few days in Shanghai, then moving to Mian Yang in Sichuan province to teach English at a Summer School/Camp.
I arrived this morning after two flights (Marseille to Paris, then Paris to Shanghai). On my last leg, the flight was 3 hours late. And I got DOWNGRADED. Did you know they can even do that?! So annoying. Didn’t sleep very much, but whatever.
Then I met someone from the program and another girl on the program and we all took the airport bus, then a taxi, to our “flat” (as all the British and Europeans call it). It’s pretty nice but we’re all sharing rooms (so not as nice as the one I had last time I was here). We had a quick tour around the area that we’re, which is different from where I was before. Now I’m in the southwest of Shanghai (whereas before I was in the Northern part of Shanghai).
I went out for dinner with a bunch of people who were already here. We had delicious spicy green beans, and dumplings and more! Yum yum!
Orientation is happening for the next 3 days, combined with sightseeing (mostly likely places I’ve already been) and some beginner mandarin lessons, which should be funny for me. The Chinese has been coming back to me well, yay! I’m also trying to meet up with Jurie from my semester abroad last year and QQ my Chinese teacher from last semester so hopefully that works out!
That’s it for now! J
