Travel

Hi!

I arrived safe and sound last night. The flights went by quickly and over all everything went smoothly. They lost my baggage, but hey, you always have to have SOMETHING go wrong when you travel right? This is why you always pack enough to survive in your carry on bag. Hopefully they should be sending my bags to the hotel sometime today.
Otherwise everything went well though. My driver was very sweet and was still waiting for me when I walked out of customs two hours late without my
bags, and (wonders of wonders! :) ) I actually
understood pretty much everything he said to me! I really had no idea coming in how well my textbook Chinese would do in the real world, but I seem to be able to carry a conversation quite well. Given the conversation consisted of things like "Did you grow up in Beijing", "Oh, look at the weather, so much rain, it reminds me of Seattle" haha but STILL ....I'm stoked!
Not much else to report yet. My roommate arrived in the middle of the night last night and seems pretty cool. She lived in Beijing for three year so apparently knows her way around quite well.
There is internet in my room that is pretty cheap, so I should be able to keep this updated on a regular basis.
Love ya'll!

Off on Adventures

Hi!

As most of you know I will be heading to China on July 29th. I will be in Beijing for a month working at the Olympics and will then head to Chengdu, Sichuan Province where I will be going to school and doing research for the next year. This blog is to let you all know how I am doing and what I am up to, since I won't be able to talk to most of you on a regular basis. This is my first blog and (as some of you know) I've never been particularly good at remembering to write travel updates, but I will do my best to keep this page updated with posts and pictures.

Please keep me updated with posts or comments of your own. I will be missing you all terribly and would love to hear from you!