Adventure in China!
In and around China
My husband, Eric, and I are teaching English at Hangzhou Normal University for 1-2 years. Our adventure has begun!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler The Harstads
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First Stop
Our Chicago flight was cancelled on the 24th (great start to our trip :0), so we ended up missing the connecting flight to Shanghai. ... Continue reading »
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Teaching in Hangzhou
Then, we were left there......
We were on a huge college campus without any idea of where to go for anything. My chinese is limited to... Continue reading »
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10 seconds of fame!
Eric and I were invited to a party by one of the English department directors. It sounded like something for the foreign teachers with a litt... Continue reading »
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Miscellaneous Info
Just some daily info: There aren't that many insects here. I've maybe seen one or two mosquitos, 1 spider, and 1 ant in the 3 weeks that we've bee... Continue reading » -
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Women's World Cup
On Saturday, Eric and I decided to go to a Women's World Cup (soccer) double header. The event was held at Yellow Dragon Stadium in Hangzhou, which s... Continue reading » -
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Food
Just a quick story about a meal.... We were told that there was a teacher's cafeteria, so we thought we'd see what they had. It was very nice with... Continue reading » -
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Eric's Birthday
Eric's birthday landed on a Sunday, so we had a nice, relaxing day! One of the best surprises was that he got a package that day - it was a birthday... Continue reading » -
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National Holiday
Thursay was National Day in China. This description was sent to us in an e-mail: I am writing to say happy National Day. By National Day we... Continue reading » -
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Eric's sports review
Word Cup Football We came here from Hector, MN with just over 1000 total residents. Now in Hangzhou we have over six million neighbors. There are... Continue reading » -
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National Day Excursion
On National Day, we were invited to join the family festivities of our chinese friend who also studied at Mankato State University. We met his fami... Continue reading » -
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Hangzhou English Corner
My friend, Jackie, and I decided that we would check out the city's English Corner. We were told that many foreigners come every week (maybe 20), and... Continue reading » -
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Wu-Mart
We recently took some pictures when we visited the grocery store. This will give you some idea of the slightly different goods for sale. The store i... Continue reading » -
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Typhoon
We have now lived through our first recognizable typhoon. It poured for 36 hours straight and had fairly high winds. Hangzhou isn't as affected as o... Continue reading » -
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Climbing the Mountain
All of the foreign language teachers were invited to climb a mountain. We decided to go, and enjoyed the 30 minute walk up the stone pathway and stai... Continue reading » -
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Elementary School
We had the opportunity to visit an elementary school, but we didn't know what we were getting into... We walked onto the campus, and all of a sudde... Continue reading » -
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Vacation in Thailand
Hi everyone! We were just on vacation and went to many wonderful places - the first of which was Thailand! We arrived in Bangkok, and were... Continue reading » -
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Aloha!
After Thailand, we travelled to Hawaii - that’s right - Hawaii. After doing some airfare searching, I discovered that it cost the same amount to trav... Continue reading » -
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End of trip
Then we flew to Minnesota to visit family and attend my brother’s wedding. When we landed in Minneapolis, it was -20 degrees = that’s a 90 degree diff... Continue reading » -
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Choir Contest - English Students
Last week, we were asked to judge a singing contest. The performers were all of the English majors at our school, and the song selection was “Go Chin... Continue reading » -
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Phone #'s
I was recently looking at how many names I have listed in my cell phone - would you believe 76? I think the reason for this phenomenon is that in... Continue reading » -
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The future, future, future....
During our trip to the U.S., Eric applied for the Doctor of Musical Arts program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A few weeks ago, we found out... Continue reading » -
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Hong Kong vacation
It Tomb Sweeping day in China, so we had a 4 day weekend. Instead of bringing flowers and food to the tombs, we decided to visit Hong Kong. We fle... Continue reading » -
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Earthquake
Eric and I are safe. We were in Beijing, riding in a bumpy van when the earthquake occurred. We didn't feel it, but our friends immediately called a... Continue reading »
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