This will be a boring blog, but some of you have asked where we’re presently staying. Tomorrow will be our 20th day in a local hotel. It’s actually nice and unusually clean and only costs about $17 a day (up from $15 in October). It’s even walking distance from our school! We’re very thankful for it.
The only drawback so far is that a couple of mornings we didn’t have hot water and almost every night (sometimes in the middle of the night!), a busload of people (domestic tourists, perhaps?) loudly make their way down our hallway to their rooms. No matter what time you go to sleep here, expect to be awakened by 7:00am–the time the city broadcasts its wake-up call. It’s a good thing we’re early risers! Click here to hear our Wakeup Call.
Our First Home in China
March 14th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Uncategorized
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Wow… that looks surprisingly nice! Definitely better than my tiny apartment (particularly for the price). Thanks for the photos (and video) — definitely help give a feel for where you’ve been spending the days.
Susan,
Helen gave me your website. I so enjoyed our times together at our pottery class, and have missed you. It is so exciting to see where you and Mark are today. You are a special lady and I look forward to visiting your site regularly.
Judy
Now my question is – Do they have Daylight Savings Time in China as we began today? 😉
Nice to see your blog with pictures. Will check in every now and then to see how things are going. Congratulations on finding an apartment. 🙂
China does not observe daylight savings time. The entire country is on the same time zone, which is now exactly 12 hours ahead of EDT. But don’t think that you can call me and expect a report about how your day will turn out!
Hotel living! I’m going to have to get used to it for the next couple of weeks. NY is almost like China(maybe)?!!
What surprised me most about your post today was the Wake Up Call…that they actually have a city wake up system!