china, in brief

[noabsolutes]

So I'm in China. It's cool. My trip has been extended twice now; I left (and arrived) on the 17th, and was originally to leave the 26th, which became the 30th, which is now the 2nd. I am experiencing an unprecedented degree of homesickness. I would kill a kitten to be able to understand conversations with waitstaff

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[claidheamhmor]

The food sounds...exciting.

That's expensive data! The sooner we can get to decently-linked up global data networks, the better.

[reservoir]

I was thinking you'd been gone for awhile! Hope you get home safely <3

[hydrogen_atom]

I miss you :(

[caitlin]

I have been to Zhenzhou, and Nanjing, passing through Wuhan on the high speed rail.

I was there for 7 weeks in October-November, and then there again in February for 2 weeks.

Have a safe trip home.

I didn't need babysitting quite as much because I do understand the language and can communicate with the wait staff, etc.

My first thing upon returning to ORD was a big mac, mcrib, fries, and a coke. I had a 4 hour layover before getting on my short hop flight home. And I was craving like mad.

[noabsolutes]

Ha, we took the train to Wuhan! It's back to school time there too so college students had eaten up all the tickets, so we took the 330 am train. Fun times.

I was there as a guest of our new distributors, so even if I had been capable of going off on my own I don't think I would have been allowed to. They took their hosting duties sooooo seriously. (luckily they were awesome to be around, too)

Zhenzhou was largely unremarkable but I really liked Nanjing and Wuhan. I wish I'd had more time to explore tho, most of my time was spent working or traveling. :[

[freckles42]

Looking forward to your return!

Safe travels.