I’ve been back from our week-long break for a week now, so I’ve recovered enough to finally write about it. I think I needed a break from break more than I needed a break from …
Cait Gibbons
Lessons in navigating culture and traffic
I’ve been in China for almost 6 weeks now (!) and I’ve been in Tianjin for almost a month. I’ve settled into my daily routine, I’ve learned hundreds of new words in Chinese, and I’ve …
No Harm, No Foul
Day 2 in Beijing. We descend into the subway station at 灯市口。The station is empty except for one group of people, who appear to all be together. The train arrives and, despite there being at …
Arrival in Shanghai: Do I actually know any Chinese?
Before starting classes in Tianjin, I am spending a couple weeks touring in Shanghai and Beijing with my family. After sluggishly deplaning at Pudong International Airport, we took the Maglev train from the airport right …
Ready or not, here I come!
I’m sitting at my gate at LAX, trying to finish this pre-departure post before I board my flight to Shanghai in 20 minutes, thinking about how I managed to pull everything together to get here. …