Today is sadly our last day with the Chinese exchange students. In the morning Ellie and I went to pick up her visa, so we are officially leaving for Beijing tonight. After we got her visa, we met up with all the students for a talk at Bank of China. We made it there about […]
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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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The first night we met our Chinese exchange students was a little intimidating. We all sat around a conference table at our Orientation Meeting in New Jersey. We played icebreaker games, such as “Two Truths, One Lie.” After that I had to leave from the group and their scavenger hunt in Central Park to go
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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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Today was not an eventful today. I was finally able to pick up my Chinese visa in Brooklyn but Ellie and I got lost on our way to the Chinese consulate. We arrived late and were not allowed to go up because the meeting had already started. We waited on the tour bus while they
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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
August 9th (10th), 2016 I’ve completely lost track of what day it is and all notion of time has vanished. I’ve been sitting in the same seat for longer than twelve hours, but that is completely fine because IM GOING TO CHINA! As we scrambled to find our seats it came to my attention that
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