Hello everyone! Lauren and I have finally arrived in Changzhou after months and months of preparation. We flew from LAX on Cathay Pacific and landed in Hong Kong before catching our connecting flight up to Shanghai. Mr. Zhao, a fellow teacher from our school, was waiting there for us with a driver. We made the 200km drive out to Changzhou with a stop for a delicious lunch in rural Suzhou. It gave Lauren a wonderful introduction to real authentic Chinese cuisine! We even got to eat off a whole fish (head, scales, fins, and all!), and a soup full of silverfish minnows. Delicious! We arrived at our apartment, excited at the square footage we have. We're on the ground floor, so fortunately we didn't have to drag our extensive luggage collection up any stairs. The place
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