I'm debating whether to write a post about the trip, but here are at least a few photos to pique your interest and enjoy some fun moments that we had on our adventurous, educational, surprising and one-of-a-kind trip!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Off again: eastward to China!
Hello again, everyone (whoever it is that reads my blogs)!
Ni hao! (Hello!) It's been a semester since I last updated this blog, and to be honest, I doubted I would ever use it again. But when a friend asked me to join him on a trip to visit American friends in China, I thought...why not?? Sure, I don't know the language (my major is still Spanish and I still speak random Spanish phrases in the States) nor nearly anything about the culture, but why not? China is, after all, a "rather" influential country in our world! So it's two weeks starting today, off to Beijing, Shanghai (the World Expo is there!) and Baoding, where our American friends live. Other than that, we're not positive, but we'll see. Of course, we'll see the Great Wall, Tianamen's Square and eat REAL Chinese food. Should be a blast!
So it's off again, leaving the U.S. into the Wide Wide World (isn't that what "www." stands for anyway? haha). For those of you of the praying persuasion, keep me and my travel buddy in your prayers--for travel, health, language barriers, to encourage our American friends who have lived far away from home for almost a year now, and more. I don't know if or when I'll be able to update this blog while I'm there, but it's not for the un-connectedness of China!
Pictures and stories to follow!
Passport in pocket, and a friend by my side this time, I remain
Ellen P.
Ni hao! (Hello!) It's been a semester since I last updated this blog, and to be honest, I doubted I would ever use it again. But when a friend asked me to join him on a trip to visit American friends in China, I thought...why not?? Sure, I don't know the language (my major is still Spanish and I still speak random Spanish phrases in the States) nor nearly anything about the culture, but why not? China is, after all, a "rather" influential country in our world! So it's two weeks starting today, off to Beijing, Shanghai (the World Expo is there!) and Baoding, where our American friends live. Other than that, we're not positive, but we'll see. Of course, we'll see the Great Wall, Tianamen's Square and eat REAL Chinese food. Should be a blast!
So it's off again, leaving the U.S. into the Wide Wide World (isn't that what "www." stands for anyway? haha). For those of you of the praying persuasion, keep me and my travel buddy in your prayers--for travel, health, language barriers, to encourage our American friends who have lived far away from home for almost a year now, and more. I don't know if or when I'll be able to update this blog while I'm there, but it's not for the un-connectedness of China!
Pictures and stories to follow!
Passport in pocket, and a friend by my side this time, I remain
Ellen P.
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