China Blog # 2
Hey again,
Two days in a row I post. Hopefully that keeps people from worrying too much, if anyone is worried at all.
Not a lot to add since my last posting about a day ago. Last night, the professor and I decided to walk around town just for the fun of it. It last about two hours and we came across many stand alone stores here. One of which everything there was 19 yuan ( which is really cheap, like 2.75 in american dollars ). Sadly, the highest size shoes I came across were 43 ( in US language, that’s about a size 10-11.. I wear a size 12 ). There were some really interesting designs that you normally don’t see on a shoe. Oh well. What disturbed me about the walk was the fact that I came across a KFC restaurant. I saw one at the airport, and now one on the streets. According to Professor Atkinson, KFC was one of the first places to go over seas, with places like McDonalds and so forth following suit. So on one hand, it’s not that weird, but on another hand, it kind of is, ha.
The classes have been fun so far. They’re more trying to get us familiar with the history of the country and how to interact with the people here. It’s been very useful. Especially when trying to get an apple Fanta ( yes, an apple Fanta ). Today we had a calligraphy class, which was fun. Our teacher was very interesting and great at his craft. Surprisingly, his teacher ( whose name I didn’t catch ) did the portrait of Mao on the yuan here. Kind of interesting and nice to know that you’re in good hands.
Well I need to go. We are going on a field trip around 2pm to tour the city wall and forest of steles. I’ll have pictures up sometime this week. Take care, guys.
