Beijing With the Boys

Boys weekend to Beijing + me. To be fair I was in on the weekend before all the boys decided to go. But hey I'm not going to complain. So, we made it here after our adventure on the sleeper train. Step 1: find our hostel. I love having Jerem because he takes charge when it comes to travel and I'm sure he hates it at times but I love it because it gives...

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Train, China Style

Smells, smoke, people, crowded, hard seats, food on the floor, people packed to the brim. And on and on. Oh the horror stories I heard about the China trains. So when I found out we would have to spend 12 hours on a train to Beijing I was worried to say the least. My only hope is that it was going to be a hard sleeper. Horizontal, my saving...

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A Bakery, In China

Welcome to the land of anti sweets. Seriously their "pastries" have no sugar. Time after time I get excited and try something only to be disappointed by the lack of flavor. I'm telling you even the pies at McDonald's are filled with red beans, you heard me right. Beans.It's been rough people. Especially for a sweet-a-holic like myself.Until today. Today...

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Finally. Real China.

I've been in China for a week and a half but I didn't feel like I was in China, until today. There it is folks. The scenery that made me feel like I was finally in China. The sad part? We got there twenty minutes too late and it was closed but look how beautiful this temple is!I also found a bird.When you find a bird you have to ride it right?...

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Pop A Squat

I made it 11 days. 11 days in China before I had to pop a squat, suck it up and use the squatter.I consider it a major accomplishment that I did not pee on myself.I also consider it a win that my roommate had tissues and hand sanitizer.Did I use it correctly? I do not know. How do you know the...

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Crossing China

Have you ever tried to cross a street in China?Probably not.But I have.See. It's not like America. In America you have cars and pedestrians. In China you have cars, buses, pedestrians, bikes, scooters, carts, mini cars, and anything else with wheels including strollers, trikes, and kids with toys. All of the afore mentioned try to cross the street...

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China Cheese

We got an email yesterday.It was a blue dot on a map and a message that said cheese is sold here and other American Products for cheap. Immediately we started jumping up and down. Cheese! Cheese!Mind you it's been a week since being in China but the thought of a grilled cheese Sandwhich was almost too much too handle. Immediately a trip was planned...

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Stereotypes

Before I came to china I had a preconceived notion. Cute little asian children.School comes first.Impeccable behavior.Preconceived it was. Stereotype? Oh yeah.Cute? Yes.Little? Some.Impeccable behavior? Please excuse me as I fall off my bed in fits of laughter. As soon as the kids came in. No. Back up. As soon as I heard the kids coming in...

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China Facts

-don't put your chopsticks straight up in your food, it is offensive- they have really fresh and really cheap produce- you bargain for everything- you can't use ripped money so don't accept it-you eat everything with chopsticks- spit your bones directly onto the table - all food comes with bones...

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The Underground

Yesterday was sweet.However...Upon waking up and being sick of not having a blow dryer to do my hair I decided to risk plugging in my blow dryer to my converter and give it a chance.It blew up.All I did was plug it in and POP everything in the room went quiet. No electricity. No heat. No fridge.Death to our room. And- it can't be fixed until Monday. After...

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China Church

Today we went to church. In China. Where you can't have church. Lucky for us a foreign passport is a ticket into our branch. The branch has about 60-90 people, 20 of which are us.We took 3 metros and then walked to a hotel. Up to the second floor, past the wedding, and into a room decked out with...

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Hello China

It has been two days. Two very long and awesome and stressful and exciting and tiring and.... Hahahaha days. So let's talk about the basics. 1. Our first food experience. Thank goodness someone helped us because we had no idea what to do or how to order. The food... Day one was bad. I ate a spoonful of peanut butter and chia seeds instead. But...

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