Back in Beijing!

 

We all made it... almost. There are a few teachers arriving tonight and in the morning after missed flights, but I am here. We arrived Wednesday afternoon and felt much more comfortable arriving. We attempted our Chinese (which I learned just how much I need to study) on the way to the hotel. We checked in and had an "Amazing Race Beijing" the next day after some training. We had two excellent student tour guides Michael (left) and Andrew (right) are grad. students who wanted to practice their English and help some foreigners out. Chase (plaid shirt) is going to Jiangxi and Justin (sunglasses) is going to Tibet to teach. I've learned it's much less stressful the second time around when you're not bombarded by everything being completely new and knowing a little Chinese to get around. (Having English speaking tour guides helps too.) Below is a series of pictures of our "Amazing Race" and some of our finds around the city.

# 2 Take a photo representing Chinese Fashion

#23 Find Chinglish and take a picture of it.

#37 Find oddest thing for less than 10 Yuan ($1.50ish)
We got Fredrick for 8 Yuan ($1.20). He now lives in our sink in the hotel.
He doesn't like oreos, granola, or peach leaves... but not that we've tried those things.