School’s Starting

2-26-10There’s still 2 more days before school, so I’m going to soak them up.  I met up with the Hebei students, Kevin and Xiao Ya to go take a look at some old Hutongs.  Beijing is filled with these small alley Hutongs that are hundreds of years old.

 



 2-27-10I met up with Xiao Ya to check her scores on the test and met some friends of hers that she met taking the test.  We all decided to go out to lunch and ended up at this dumpling place.

 

 

The girl with the glasses had to get home to catch her train, so Rachel. Xiao Ya and I went out to the Museum of Natural History

 Here they have 6-7 year old kids run the tour.  The only thing cheaper than labor is child labor.

 Here’s a good preservation of a neanderthal dating back over 2 million years.











MEAT






 I was starving so I went outside looking for a snack.

  This is called a Jian Bing, it’s like an egg thin pancake with spices, a few vegetables and a big crispy flaky thing in the middle.  These reminded me of the land before time.

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3-1-10My first day of school.  I woke up around 6 for class this morning and got to see my first real snow in Beijing!


It was a cold, wet walk to school this morning.


This is Beijing Normal University





 My reading and writing teacher giving homework on the first day…

 3-4-10This is the smogset.. sunset from my room.


3-5-10 FridayMy class and I at a little restaurant on campus.  Luckily my classmates are mostly girls so I got to eat a ton.
 More to come soon!