So we are two weeks into our new country and still having a blast! Today was another Saturday shopping trip to continue outfitting our new apartment and checking out the city. Today's trip took us into the center of Han Kou, the business and major center of Wuhan. It took about an hour and a half to drive from our apartment block to where we were dropped off, which gives you some sense of the scale of the city. The return trip took about half as long as we took another route and bypassed the worst of the traffic. The city covers an area of 8500 square kilometers which is quite impressive. We have two organized "shopping trips" every week, Wednesday night and Saturday. This gives everyone a chance to get to different parts of the
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