I am happy to say that Ryan figured out a way for us to post on the blog. However, we just read that Google might be pulling out of China, in which case I don’t think we would be able to post…again.
O.K., a little about about life in China. We are having a great time here. We are just outside of Guangzhou (city of 12 million.) It is about 2 hours from Hong Kong, in the Southeast of China. We live in a gated community. It is so safe which is a nice change of pace from Honduras. Most of the teachers live in the apartments. We live in a town house in a different part of the community because we brought our dog with us. It is funny actually. We brought a 3 lb dog and end up with 3 floors, 3 bedrooms, and 3 bathrooms. We have plenty of space if anyone wants to visit China. Our house is just across the street from a market area that has the supermarket, a wet market (vegetables and fruits, and awful looking meat), little clothes shops, the pet store/vet, a bunch of shops for cheap manicures and pedicures, and a massage place. We love how safe it is here. I can walk over to the market, day or night, by myself.
Our school is much different than our last one. We teach in the bilingual program here with means that Chinese is their priority and they only have English class for 3 periods a day. We both see two groups of kids, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
We are getting used to the lifestyle too, which might be a bad thing. We get a 2 hour lunch so we can go home to eat and take a nap. Things are pretty cheap so we get a lot of massages. I don't like the food that much yet. The grocery stores don't really carry any western food so we have had to experiment. We did find a store that has all western food (even Cheetos) but it is expensive so we only go there for special occasions. We also bought a moped… which Ryan really loves.
O.K., a little about about life in China. We are having a great time here. We are just outside of Guangzhou (city of 12 million.) It is about 2 hours from Hong Kong, in the Southeast of China. We live in a gated community. It is so safe which is a nice change of pace from Honduras. Most of the teachers live in the apartments. We live in a town house in a different part of the community because we brought our dog with us. It is funny actually. We brought a 3 lb dog and end up with 3 floors, 3 bedrooms, and 3 bathrooms. We have plenty of space if anyone wants to visit China. Our house is just across the street from a market area that has the supermarket, a wet market (vegetables and fruits, and awful looking meat), little clothes shops, the pet store/vet, a bunch of shops for cheap manicures and pedicures, and a massage place. We love how safe it is here. I can walk over to the market, day or night, by myself.
Our school is much different than our last one. We teach in the bilingual program here with means that Chinese is their priority and they only have English class for 3 periods a day. We both see two groups of kids, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
We are getting used to the lifestyle too, which might be a bad thing. We get a 2 hour lunch so we can go home to eat and take a nap. Things are pretty cheap so we get a lot of massages. I don't like the food that much yet. The grocery stores don't really carry any western food so we have had to experiment. We did find a store that has all western food (even Cheetos) but it is expensive so we only go there for special occasions. We also bought a moped… which Ryan really loves.
Wow, great memories you're makin! Doesn't get much better than living abroad. Wish we could visit you guys.
ReplyDeleteI hope google stays in china... It's nice to hear about your life! YEA for feeling safe and going to the market even at night- how profound a discovery after living in Honduras. Life sounds good for yall- esp the naps in the middle of the day, the traveling, and the cultural exploits of bird fishing. Keep us posted! Thanks, your ol neighbor
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