Posts Tagged ‘blog’
29
Sep
Posted by Samantha in greece. Tagged: adapt, Aegean Sea, American, blog, boardwalk, bus, cafe, caffeine, castle, China, culture, greece, high fructose corn syrup, history, intern, late, life, mousaka, normal, nutella, odd, siesta, sleep, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, travel, work. Leave a Comment
As you may have noticed, the rate of my blogs are far less than those when I was in China. Although it might seem a bit odd, I am constantly comparing Greece to China as opposed to the U.S. In this case, my stay here in Greece is three times as long as when I [...]
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27
May
Posted by Samantha in China. Tagged: blog, China, culture, Hangzhou, high school, karaoke, market, people, rummage, village. 3 Comments
We left Hangzhou for the past couple of days to visit Pudong County and a few of the villages around it. There is so much to say about everything we’ve done and seen in China that I am almost overwhelmed at the thought of explaining it all. I hope you know that what I’ve written [...]
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25
May
Posted by Samantha in China. Tagged: animals, blog, China, culture, diapers, grandma, spit, toilet paper, U.S., yuan. Leave a Comment
Where we are lacking in agriculture experience we’re made up in culture experiences. There are several cultural differences between the U.S. and China. As I mentioned, China is all about making a good impression. Let me tell you, they’ve left quite the impression on me. To begin with- it is common practice to spit everywhere. [...]
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12
May
Posted by Samantha in China. Tagged: airport, bargain, beautiful, Beijing, blog, boyfriend, China, fair, firewalls, food, Forbidden City, hotel, lawyer, picture, plane, sleep, starfish, swine flu, tourist. Leave a Comment
So, I’ve made it to China, more specifically – Beijing. The key word so far is definitely “beautiful”. I didn’t think so at first though. After coming to the end of the 13 1/2 hour flight we were stuck on the plane for awhile so masked airport security could come through and individually check each [...]
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2
May
Posted by Samantha in China, Uncategorized. Tagged: abroad, blog, China, e-mail, great wall, greece, grow, internet, love, random, swine flu, travel, world. Leave a Comment
This was the title of the pre-programmed blog in place with this new blog of mine, and I found it quite fitting. If you haven’t heard, I’ll be in China in a week and then Greece in four months. It feels like it’s my debut to the world and vice versa. If you’ve never heard [...]
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