Wednesday, September 16, 2015

China - Day One

We left St. George with an obscene amount of luggage.  Thank you, Hans for transporting us and all the cargo.  33+ hours later we arrived in rainy Jinan.  John, another English teacher at the university, greeted us warmly and delivered the tired bodies and “stuff” to our new home.  Lunch, with Eva and Tony and the Gordons, followed. 



Chinese students studying English always choose an English name.  That has been a huge help in becoming acquainted and actually calling them by a name we can pronounce.  Most of the names are current and popular in the US.  Others are very interesting:  Kangaroo, Luke Skywalker, Doom, and more.  


 This restaurant was fabulous.  All the dishes were placed on the Lazy Susan (I hate that name) and we sampled everything.  They drink only hot water with meals.


My first “restroom” in the airport. There is no “resting” here. I’ll develop superb leg muscles. This adds a whole new meaning to
“squats”.

4 comments:

  1. Sounds like an adventure in sooo many ways! Rick I ran into Spencer Jones tonight, he asked how you were doing across the ocean. Keep us posted, it is definitely interesting!

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  2. This is truly delightful reading!

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  3. Wow, count my blessings, A toilet on which to sit

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  4. Do you get to choose a Chinese name? Just Curious :)

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