SO I've been in the Shiz (slang for Shijiazhuang) for a week and 2 days and it's been crazy, plain and simple!!! Once you get past the first 5 days I think it's manageable to live in the town. We live in the outskirts of the actual city, where it's somewhat a bit dirty, but the people are so very kind here and food has been amazing. It take us about a $2 and 20 minute cab ride to get into the actual downtown, where the rest of our group is at, and where we have been everynight!! There is a bar there called McDonalds bar, it's a foreigners bar, right next to McDonalds that we go to a lot! We have met sooo many fun foreigners and lots of locals that have been very helpful
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