Arrival at Bejing Airport. There were still signs of the Olympics everywhere, although the airport was very quiet. I am sure it was very busy just a few days before we arrived. At this point we had been up for about 24 hours. It was a long day!
At the gate to our apartment area. We love living here. There are few other foreigners except the other couple in our program and a couple from India. We are immersed in the Chinese culture and did not see another western person, except at church, for almost three weeks after we arrived in Nanjing.
We live on the fifth floor of our building. This is the view from our windows. It makes the climb worth every step--except for the last climb at night. Our building has less than 8 stories. Anything with more than 8 floors is required to have an elevator so many buildings stay under that limit. However, as you can see, there are taller buildings around. Construction is booming and sky scrapers dot the skyline in the downtown areas.
One day we went for a walk to Xwanwu Lake, about a1/2 hour walk from our apartment. It is a beautiful lake area in the middle of Nanjing--a city of 7 million people. The streets are crowded but the minute you cross under the old city wall, you find it very peaceful. Jim often runs here in the early morning. It has lovely gardens, walking paths, islands, an amusement park, and paddle boats.
A word about food. We have had some very interesting meals. Tomorrow night all the foreign teachers in Nanjing are invited to a huge banquet. It will be interesting to see what is served there. This is one of the more tasty dishes we have had, although it looks a little strange. It is called squirrel fish because the head looks similar to a squirrel's head. (Don't know if you can see the "ears" in the picture or not.) It is turned inside out, deep fried and the meat is picked out of the center. It is quite tasty.
We continue to love our adventure here. Will add more pictures another time. I think I have sort of figured out this "blogging" thing so hopefully will post more often.
1 comment:
What fun pictures. You have very much so figured out the blog thing. I need you to show me how you did that. I seem to only be able to type one paragraph per blog and can't get things to seperate up by pictures like you did. How did you do that?!
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