Mongolia... So, I am writing from Beijing. I am sitting in a bookstore known as the Bookworm- near the Tuanjihue neighborhood, listening to Tori Amos, eating a grilled chicken and pepper panini w/fries and ketchup and reflecting on my experiences thus far. I might as well be in the U.S. but I find that these touches of home break up the trend of everything being foreign. Sidenote- for my grammarian friends, let’s say standard rules are flexible on this blog. About five years ago, my good friend Jin Bayanjargal (great name)- a fellow teaching intern at Fox River Country Day School, invited me to visit her in Mongolia. It was one of those crazy ideas that I only dreamed would come true. Furthermore, how great someone who lives in Mongolia? I did and I was determined
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