First Week in China

It has been officially one week that I have been in Beijing. This first week has been a whirlwind of emotions: tired, stressed, excited, awed. From the moment I landed I have been learning so much and seeing so many sites (as well as eating so many new foods).

Beijing University (北大）is a huge campus. It is practically it's own town. The first two days we toured around the campus and I saw so many buildings that I soon forgot where everything was. There is a huge lake on campus that is currently frozen over. It was the first lake that I've seen frozen over where people can ice skate on it.

Speaking of freezing, the weather here is so cold. I definitely prefer Georgia's winters haha. I have never appreciated a winter coat like I have in this one week in Beijing.

My favorite moment this week has been the food street we went to on Saturday night. There were stalls upon stalls of food vendors selling everything from fried tarantulas to soup dumplings. As a food lover and avid food seeker, it was definitely a happy place for me. I tried scorpion, bubble waffles, Chinese hamburger, fried soup dumplings, and dried pork skin. And I regret eating none of it so I would consider it a successful trip. I also visited a seven story bookstore after the food street. All in all, that was a great day.

I just finished planning my 春节 trip. I'm going to the Harbin Ice Festival with two of my roommates. We are going to stay with one of my roommates friend's family. Be on the look out for that post in about a month!

Until next time when the VPN is solid...


P.S. I was going to add pictures but they won't load :( If I can get it working I'll make another post for them!