Well hello there! After months of worry my Chinese visa has arrived the day before I’m due to head out to China. 7 hour flight to Dubai then another 7 hour flight and I’ll be in the Middle Kingdom! First stop is Beijing for a week, then on to Jinan for a year. The Chinese language learning is going slowly (phrase of the day: tou qing - to have illicit relations), but I’m sure I’ll pick up enough to get by when I’m there. How hard can it be? The people at the school seemed really nice when I spoke to them, but I still have only a limited idea of what I’m going to be teaching, resources, etc. But I guess that’s half the fun. Jinan is the capital of Shandong province in the North.
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