Our last week of vacation has been a slow one. The 4-7 it snowed here and we went few places and mainly stayed in. Got some wonderful pictures and I have put them on the site already. I got my TEFL certificate on the 9th. Many of the teachers for EIE have gotten here there are a few teachers to go and Sandra, Amos’s friend who will be coming from the UK to teach economics will be getting in soon. On the 8th the local print shop re-opened and I printed off some piano music as a way of my great joy that life was returning to the area. This week we have been watching as gradually closed stores opened and the food vendors that left for the holiday have been gradually returning. Code enforcement is alive and well here in China too. The vendors have been moved across the street to free up the sidewalk. I can only guess that this is a temporary positioning.
Today we went to METRO a store like Sam’s or Cosco in America. It required having a card and Nena the teacher with EIE has one so we got in and then I got a card. This place made Wal-Mart pale in comparison. There were so many American and foreign foods and very few other foreigners in the store today. So many things that we haven’t had in nearly two years where there; tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches is what I want. My quest for raisins is over now too, there are raisins made in China but for the first time I found Sun Maid raisins, complete with the Sun Maid on the package!
Today is Valentine’s Day in the west and Lantern Festival here in the east. It is an event as Lantern Festival is the time of celebrations of love just as Valentine’s Day is and it doesn’t often happen that both days fall on the same day. As I am writing I am hearing fireworks going off in the distance and I have gotten numerous messages on my cell phone and computer with well wishes for the day.
Today we went to METRO a store like Sam’s or Cosco in America. It required having a card and Nena the teacher with EIE has one so we got in and then I got a card. This place made Wal-Mart pale in comparison. There were so many American and foreign foods and very few other foreigners in the store today. So many things that we haven’t had in nearly two years where there; tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches is what I want. My quest for raisins is over now too, there are raisins made in China but for the first time I found Sun Maid raisins, complete with the Sun Maid on the package!
Today is Valentine’s Day in the west and Lantern Festival here in the east. It is an event as Lantern Festival is the time of celebrations of love just as Valentine’s Day is and it doesn’t often happen that both days fall on the same day. As I am writing I am hearing fireworks going off in the distance and I have gotten numerous messages on my cell phone and computer with well wishes for the day.