Posts Tagged ‘language’

Counter Exchange

Today, in honor of one of my many days off of school, I set out to tackle some long overdue errands. One of which, included going to the bank to exchange U.S. dollars for Euros. Much to my dismay, I checked the currency rate online before leaving to confirm that the Euro is ridiculously expensive. [...]

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Back to School

Yesterday, I finally had classes and sat through an entire school day. Let me tell you, it was long. My first class starts at 11 a.m. and then my last class ends at 6:30 with only a break for lunch. By the time the bus comes around and takes us to our apartments it’s almost [...]

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Housekeeping Details

1. My visa has officially arrived in the mail. I’d take a picture and post it, but I can’t risk any of you stealing my identity. So in a matter of descriptive words I will tell you that I look as if I had a headache and tried to smile while the picture was taken. [...]

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Official Uncertainties

As school starts kicking into gear next week and many of my friends walk off to class I will not be joining them. It is such an odd notion, but I have exactly four more weeks of summer. Just last week I was in Chicago for a smashing 30 minutes to acquire my Greek visa. [...]

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Shang hai-lights

If I’d been to New York before I might tell you that Shanghai is just like that. The problem is that I’ve never been to New York and henceforth cannot make such comparison. Maybe  you’ve been to New York though and can now imagine the place I am currently visiting. I’m thinking this analogy is [...]

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You teach me English, I’ll teach you Chinese

Made it to Hangzhou – a beautiful city with enough quiet to counter the noise. Out of the places we’ve been so far I’d live here. Thankfully, this is where we’ll spend most of the remainder of the trip. Yesterday we walked around the gorgeous West Lake here in town, complete with picturesque pagodas, walkways, [...]

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