It is our first day off and there is sooo much to do! We went to this enormous mall which makes cross iron mills look very tiny, for some groceries and shopping. Then we went and got massages from this hotel near by, which were awesome and only cost 11 dollars for an hour long body massage. I thought it was pretty painful but Danny was lovin it. When we got back from there we went on a mission to track down our luggage, after asking four different people and talking to a secretary (who was not working today) we found out everything was at the front gate! It arrived sometime today, what a gong show. So we got this rickety, totally rusted cart and had to wheel our luggage from the gate to our apartments going past all these parents watching their kids do military training. Moving off campus is looking more and more appealing. So happy to be able to change our clothes though!!!!
We are having to learn mandarin fairly quickly, no one speaks enough English off campus to be able to get by. The driving is crazy, exactly what you would think. The bigger the vehicle the more right of way, you can do any maneuver you want (including but not limited to driving on the wrong side of the road) as long as you honk to let other people know you’re there, crosswalks are for decoration and lights are suggestions.
We now kind of have internet in the apartment. It works on and off and the VPN we use to get on facebook and other blocked sites slows it down quite a bit, but yay!!
Now we have to get back to cleaning our apartment bc it was not cleaned by the previous occupants before they left! Gross! :p
Ps. Pictures tomorrow, hopefully
