Today, I met a funny and insightful person named Burton (like the ski wear company). Burton was my group’s tour guide for the Summer Palace, and I seriously hope that he guides us again. As we drove to the Summer Palace, he informed us about the palace’s long an rich history, as well as the […]
Wow! Today was just completely wow. I started the day off thinking it would be an average day, since our itinerary stated that we would be in class all morning learning Chinese characters. Instead, I was surprised to find out that we were visiting the Summer Palace in Beijing. The Summer Palace is beautiful, old,
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We spent most of the day at the beautiful Summer Palace. I had never been anywhere quite like it before, and it was exactly what I imagine when I think of traditional Chinese landscape and design. Set against Kunming Lake, there are a myriad of picturesque pathways, bridges, and pagodas. The water itself is overflowing with
Chris and I made the very dumb mistake of taking the train the wrong way, making us late to the Consulate, making us completely miss the meeting. We did however pick up his passport, we plan to get mine tomorrow and get to spend some more time with our Chinese counterparts. As per usual we
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Over the last day or two depending on what time zone you are in I traveled from JFK to Beijing.
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I should be exhausted but I am wild awake as my fingers fly across the keyboard to write this blog post. I finally made it to Beijing! I am 12 hours ahead, but my literal head and body are still 12 hours behind in New York. The flight was terribly long. It wasn’t the longest
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The travel to Beijing was one of the most interesting journeys I have ever taken. The longest flight I’ve ever taken was no longer than three hours so 16 hours and then another 3 killed me. I was awake for the first 8 hours and that killed me. I thought I could easily power through
I arrived in the Beijing dorms about an hour ago. It’s noon by my biological clock, but I’m so exhausted from traveling that I might fall asleep while typing this blog post. Since I haven’t been in the country for long, all I can really talk about is the 22+ hours I just spent in
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I think I’m speaking for both of us when I say that Chris and I were super disappointed to be leaving after the majority of our American compatriots. However, our time still here has been surprisingly fun! We spent our day adventuring, starting with the trip from Somerset into the City. We parked ourselves at Washington
This was my first time on an international flight. I have done car trips before that have taken fifteen hours, but never before on a plane. Luckily the plane is much more entertaining. I was surprised that there were so many options on the flight, ranging from music, to tv shows, to movies, and even
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