Nee How!
This has been an absolutely incredible trip! We have packed so much into these four(?) days! It feels like I've been traveling four months.
Shanghai was like nothing you'd ever imagine. Skyscrapers everywhere! Not just a few blocks of them like downtown Miami or Tampa, but literally acres and acres of them. I guess housing 14 million people in a small space makes it necessary.
We took the Maglev (magnetic levitation) train from the airport to our hotel. The thing literally floats on a magnet and travel 430 km/hr (about 260 mph). Went up to the Pearl Tower which is a beautiful needle structure and overlooks the city. Stayed at a beautiful refurbished hotel called Astor House. Went to the Old Shanghai Museum and took tons of pictures to use for school
We traveled from Shanghai to a "water town" very much like Venice, but Chinese if you can imagine. It was gorgeous but somewhat touristy and not what I expected.
The new Shanghai Museum was spectacular. Had all the stuff that I have pictures of in my history books. Saw the Shanghai Acrobats. What strength and agility!! Very impressive!
Went to beautiful Yu Gardens (which is an oxymoron since Yu means Gardens. It was beautiful. Also to a Buddhist Temple where they have the biggest Buddha in the world carved out of a single piece of jade.
Flew from Shanghai to Beijing yesterday. (Learning a little Chinese and making sense of the characters. Bei means north and Jing means capital.) Our hotel here is VERY nice.
This morning we went to Tianenmen Square. Mao's Mausoleum is there as well and the line went on for miles of Chinese folks waiting to see Mao! (They keep his body frozen down below, and lift him out each day so he can be observed!)
Also went to the Forbidden City. Huge and again, very impressive. Met with our sister school this afternoon. Lots of very nice teachers and of course bunches of kids. More on that later. It looks like everything is going to work out very well for my project. What a relief!
Tomorrow, the Great Wall.
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Wow I'm so excited for you to be having such a great time!
Hi Ms Thomley!! Did you eat any creepy food like starfish? What did you think of the Great Wall? Did you see the frozen Mao?
How do the teenagers dress in the big cities? How many McDonalds are there? Have you seen any pretty artwork? Have you been to any schools yet? What do the schools look like? Have you seen any cultural rituals? Keep us posted! Best wishes, Ms.Boria's third period
Hi Ms Thomley! Have you seen shark in the open air market too? What are you eating...any crickets on a stick! John says Hi! How much is gas?Are there more cars or bikes? Did you go up in the Pearl Tower? Did you stand in line to see Mao? What other words are you picking up? Do people still bow or are they very formal still? Have you seen any martial arts? What do they drink? Are they bottle water crazy like us? Do they drink wine or coffee? How many McDonalds have you seen? What do they wear? Is it hard to walk through all the people.Thanks from Boria's 4th
Hi!
Ms. Boria's 1st period hopes you are having a great time. What is the money unit in China? How much of the Great Wall did you see? Was it really that "great". What are the public bathrooms like? How's the weather? Cold/warm
What are the teaching styles? How much do teachers get paid? What are the schools like? How many kids in a classroom? Charles wants to know if there are black people there? lol Write to us soon!!!
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