Constant travelling is...crazy

It's been kinda crazy because I haven't stayed in one place for more than 3 consecutive days. I've gone from San Francisco to Hangzhou to Beijing back to Hangzhou to Zhejiang University campus to Shanghai and now back to campus. That is a gross looking sentence.

In Beijing I got to the see the Great Wall (and this little place just off it while climbing it..where you can take pictures with a camel and dress up..I'm not even kidding. It was slightly bizarre.), the Ming Tombs, a bunch of jade factories, get food...all for the lovely price of ~$7 and a lady stalking us for about an hour. We negotiated the price from 160 rmb to 50 rmb after she followed us for an hour. Or maybe more than an hour. I've learned that Chinese people are very determined and persistent. Hm. I also got to visit the Forbidden City...and eat KFC in China. Very Chinese-y, eh? They have these strange Chinese style and Mexican style wraps. And China in general has the strangest flavors, like blueberry lays chips.

Shanghai was nice and there was tons of shopping and bargaining. For some reason, I got better prices speaking English and just saying I'm a foreigner than not; it's really kind of sad. But I brought lots of random little things and I'm still in the process of getting gifts for people. (What do you guys want?) I also visited another club there because Chinese clubs are supposed to be really nice and they are..but also absolutely ridiculous. It was full of neon lights, movies and videos, mirrors, etc. But I didn't do much there and when I left, I found a new version of the iPhone (N2 or something) in the cab. I managed to return it to the owner and he was very happy. :)

I started classes yesterday and today we ended up having a class about remedial massages! I now know how to give someone an abortion by massaging/pushing a certain point...yeah. But I also know how to put a baby back in the upright position while in the womb. Very random.

...Street market food is amazing! 'Nuff said. Enjoy your summers, dears! <3