From Florida to Chengdu, China
To save myself time, I’m just going to combine Saturday and Sunday’s entries. After consistently waking up at 6 every morning for the past week, I was looking forward to sleeping in a bit, especially since I went to bed later than normal. That didn’t really happen. On Saturday, at 8 AM sharp, my host... Continue Reading →
After reading the title, you might think "what’s wrong with pandas?" Nothing really, but the experience as a whole was kind of underwhelming. It probably didn't help that I was tired. I went to bed at a decent time, but I still woke up feeling not well rested. The bus ride took about an hour.... Continue Reading →
Today I woke up to rain. It made the sky even greyer than usual. Yeah, it didn't really give off a patriotic feeling. Obviously, the Fourth of July doesn't really matter outside the US, but it still felt weird not seeing all the red, white, and blue. There really isn't much to talk about in... Continue Reading →
I'm starting to get used to everything, and I'm settling into a pattern. From now on, I'll skip the boring details and head straight into the action. We got our class assignments today. As expected, I got into class B (the intermediate class). I was a bit disappointed, but I'm going to do my best... Continue Reading →
Today was the big day, the start of it all, our very first full day in Chengdu. I woke up and hastily got ready. I still haven't quite gotten the hang of things, so I was definitely just floundering about. In the morning, all of us spent a bit of time with our host siblings... Continue Reading →
The Moonlight over the Bridge 