Greetings from Baoding!
We have reached our destination and are currently settling in to our new home here at Hebei University. Our first few days have been quite a whirlwind of activity with a side of jetlag. Upon arrival in Bejing we were escorted directly to a van which drove us to our apartments in Baoding (about a 2 hour trip). The apartments are in a dorm style consisting of a bedroom with a desk, small kitchen room and bathroom.
For the most part our time has been spent meeting with school officials, eating out at restaraunts, shopping for the bare necessities, and being introduced to our new home city! Yesterday we had a 15 minute walk back from the supermarket in which we were carrying a few of our recent purchases. Needless to say that as Americans we stand out quite easily on a normal basis and looked extra ridiculous carrying pillows that had words like FANTASY emblazoned all over them. Like many of the events of the past few days, I like to think of it as a "learning experience" to make myself feel better.
Anyways here is some info for those of you who really like to contact me. My snail mail address is:
Number 2 Building Room 204
Overseas Student Hotel
Hebei University
Number 180 Wusidong Road Baoding City
071002 Hebei Province, China
(I hope all that is correctly ordered)
Also I have a recently purchased cellphone courtesy of Nokia China. Incoming calls are free so don't hesitate to call me at your own expense! #15830219224. China's country code is +86 so I believe that is the only thing you would need to put before my number. That's all for now, I should have some pictures and other fun stuff up in the near future so stay tuned!
Tim
(The map at the top is from http://www.hbu.net.cn/en/ Hebei University's official website. My building is the one at the very bottom to the left of the big green square)
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