We woke up on Sunday feeling soo hungover from the unlimited amount of alcohol we were provided and the last thing that we wanted to do was plan our lessons after an amazing week in Shanghai. Wanting one last get together before our lessons started we all met up in Changsha, the capital of the province we all teach in. We were not prepared for this night to be so messy but I suppose those are the nights that are always the messiest. We went to a German restaur...

We are definitely getting more and more comfortable in China, making more Chinese friends even bumping into them on nights out which is cool. We went to English corner this Friday and decided to explore more of our city on the night. We stumbled across a bar where we were escorted to a table of Chinese men who were happy to share their red wine with us. There were some performances in the club including some girls dancing on the side platforms. To make extra mo...

So this week hasn't been majorly eventful as many new experiences we've had previously are starting to become normal to us but we will pinpoint some of the highlights from this week. In our block of flats we have a small hallway and the entrance doesn't have a door so it is open for anyone to walk in or out. We were invited to go for a massage with Angela and Eric; a couple living in Xiangtan who both speak English, so set off at 9pm for our nice relaxing mass...

Sooo we're very settled in China now we've been going out and exploring our city of Xiangtan a bit more. We took the bus and stumbled across a really nice park, though as soon as we got there Nik really needed a wee. Opting to not just squat in the street like some of the locals do, we practised our Chinese on an elderly couple and asked them where the nearest toilet was. After walking for 10 minutes in the opposite direction to the way they were going we were ...

So for anyone who heard about the recent earthquake in China fear not! We are okay, just a few cuts and bruises but we live to tell the tale; who needs a roof anyway? Only joking although we did take this opportunity to plan our earthquake evacuation procedure. This week we encountered our very fist thunderstorm, which happened as we decided to go and shop for essentials for our flats. There we were walking in the pouring rain in our shorts and our shopping b...