Sadly, today is when my time here turns to mostly work. I think my posts won't be nearly as filled with fun tales of adventures and I'm not going to be taking 100+ photos a day, but I'm sure I'll fit in interesting non-work things so I'll still keep posting. The good part is that I get to meet up with Qiong and Xiaoyu, who work in the states with me but are from China. I think I will probably ask them a ton of questions about things I've learned since I've been here!
I woke up with a sore throat, so I'm trying to drink a ton of fluids and I got a large amount of sleep (though I did wake up around 5am for an hour or so). I hope I avoid getting sick! I've got too much to do!
Some moments I forgot to mention before:
- The cool thing about the mist on the Great Wall was how much it reminded me of some old paintings and movies (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for one), where they're training or fighting in the mist in the mountains...
- Speaking of crouching tiger and a dragon, the two hills that are on either side of the road to the Ming tombs are called, yep, Dragon Hill and Crouching Tiger Hill.... I don't know why I think that's cool, but I do. Is that where the name for the movie came from? It's hard to tell, since dragons and tigers are just generally popular motifs...
- The jade factory felt forced (they make you stand with them for the "tour" before making you stay for 30 minutes before you can leave), but I did get to see them carving and learned a bit about how to tell real jade from fake Jade, so that was cool. Plus some of the show pieces they have are pretty amazing...
- Some Chinese girls asked 3 of us form my tour (German young man, Russian older man, and myself) to be in a picture with them on the wall. Now I'm a tourist attraction!
- The amount of building construction here is pretty amazing. I'm told Shanghai has tons more, but still, there's lots of stuff going on, and they do welding right above the sidewalk with just a few feet between the building and barrier. Less safety rules here, I think!
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