Beijing: I do not have the same opinion about Beijing as most people do.I did love the grandeur and importance of the city however there were many things I did not like about it, especially the pollution.The food also was not as good as I have tried in other cities because it was kind of bland, but I did love their noodles!The first day in Beijing, we went to the Olympic center.We saw the bird's nest and the water cube and we actually were able to go into the ...

I wanted to catch everyone up on what has been going on with me since Beijing (i know i didn't write about Beijing but I will soon)! Classes have been going well, but we've been pretty bored since we returned from Beijing because not much has been happening. Two days ago I visited the Ming Tombs. It was beautiful because the leaves had changed to orange and there were huge statues of animals lined up on a long path. Last night, my friends and I went to a Chin...

After a one day rest in Nanjing from Guilin and Yangshuo, we headed out at 8:00am on Sunday October 4th to Xi'an China. Xi'an was ok. It was very ancient and dirty looking but i was excited to see all of the sites here. We had hotpot again, and this time it was incredible! That night, Gina, Laura, Jireh and I went to the 4th floor of our hotel and got massages. These were really nice, but intense since the little Chinese girls were kneeing our backs! The ne...

Hello! I'm finally back to school after an almost 2 week exursion all throughout China. I travelled to Guilin and Yangshuo (in Guanxi Province, southern China) with 4 other girls for 4 days. Then we went off to Xi'an and Beijing with my program for 7 days. Guilin and Yangshuo were absolutely beautiful and fun. The first night, we all stayed in Guilin at a hostel. We went to dinner and tried the local specialty, beer fish, which was fantastic! The next day,...

This is short, but I landed the AIFS website and thought it was cool that i'm the student reporter for nanjing. so i wanted to give you all the site to see it. my reports are just my blogs...and the pictures of me SUCK but anyways it's still cool! love and miss you all!! http://www.aifsabroad.com/journals/?Highlight=Nanjing