Returning from Shanghai to Hangzhou was amusing because we all felt like we were coming home. It was lovely to be back in the hotel and back to our normal routine. I was determined this week to see more local sights and enjoy the really beautiful city that is Hangzhou.
Running again in the morning, through all the people in the park walking and exercising to start the day. Back to class, walking past the consturction workers oogling at us, and stopping at the little convenience store to buy a green tea and bottle of water to drink in class. I keep forgetting to mention the street cleaning (ie. bright blue tanker trucks spraying a wide stream of water) trucks which play ice cream truck songs as they drive through the streets in the morning. And the older workers with twig brooms sweeping the sidewalks clean all day. Lots of labor here, and tons of people just doing basic jobs all over the place. The sheer number of people working is kinda staggering.
Nice to be back in the classroom. Our Chinese students were happy to see us, and various folks shared their adventures on the trips they went on if they didn't go to Shanghai. Neat stuff, some folks went to Beijing and recounted the adventures of climbing various sections of the Great Wall, seeing the soldiers at Xian, and all the construction runing rampant for the Olympics. I would have liked to go to Beijing, but I think I need to plan another trip later to see more of Northern China.
More later.
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