After a lovely 11 hour plane ride we landed safely in Beijing. We arrived here a bit after 11pm on Monday night - just as you were starting Monday day. It is now 1:40am, and I have to get to sleep. Going running in the streets of Beijing tomorrow. Then breakfast with the teaching team - I will get to meet the two teachers from Minnesota I am teaching with - and then we have to exchange our currency, and I heard talk of the Temple of Heaven tomorrow.
Stay tuned . . . In the meantime here is my room somewhere in Beijing. Do check out the shower and the view from it to the bed or the bed in the shower! LOL
July 1, 2012 - Head on a new adventure with chinaconnect to teach in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. I will be in China until August 5th. Stay tuned and follow my adventures!
From 2008 trip: Hi, this is Linda live from China. I will be here for four weeks teaching with China Service Ventures in Xinyang, China.... full info
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