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Day 1: Travelling to Beijing
This travel blog is an attempt to keep a record of my seven weeks in China and share the experience with family and friends. I hope that you enjoy it. I am on my way to China! I am currently in the 6th hour of my trip from Los Angeles to Beijing. I am staring…
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Days 2 and 3: Surprises about Food, Prices and Crowds
It has been a very full two days… lots of surprises and fun moments. This post is a little on the long side. Sorry about that. It’s been eventful here. If you only want to read a little, that’s ok, but you should definitely not skip the last page of today’s blog post. There’s especially…
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COVID…
Well it finally caught up with me. My first time getting COVID. I tested positive this morning. I just want to cry. I have cold symptoms, a fever and chills. And I am achy. I am tired and my head hurts. On a scale of sickness, it’s pretty mild, which is reassuring. I plan to…
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Back in the game!
It’s been a quiet three days here and I feel much better than I did on Wednesday. My symptoms now are just occasional headaches, some nasal congestion and shortness-of-breath (!) at climbing stairs. That last one is a bit surprising for me. It usually takes strenuous exercise to make me get out-of-breath, but not these…
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Conversations with Random Strangers
One thing that I have particularly enjoyed during the past week is having the opportunity to strike up conversations with random strangers. Conversation #1: Yesterday evening I went for a walk in my favorite park. On the way back, I passed a woman who was about my age and appeared to be friendly, so I…
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A Day at the Park and more conversations…
Yesterday was a highlight of my stay in Beijing. I spent the entire afternoon exploring Beihai park in the central part of Beijing, with a newfound almost-friend, Jingyao. And then we had the evening together walking the city, having a hot-pot dinner and taking the Metro. The first story is about “How did you meet…
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Shampoo!
Yesterday I found out that my hair hasn’t been shampooed it 3.5 weeks. I have been using conditioner that I thought was shampoo. All the markings on the bottle were Chinese. How would I ever know?! When I used this “shampoo” for the first time, I thought to myself, “Hmmm this isn’t getting very sudsy.…
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Ahhh…. Biking
Some of the best news of the past week is that: As you can see from the picture, the bike is a total granny bike — single-speed, a seat that’s too low, upright handlebars and hard rubber tires. No inner tubes. But it’s fine, really fine. A granny bike is better than no bike, for…
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Dinner Conversations
Having been in China for exactly 4 weeks now, I would say that the most rewarding parts of being here have been the conversations I have had with people — students, fellow faculty, staff members and random strangers. There seems to be so much to learn and talk about. I just finished dining out with…
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Melissa's China Adventure 