Friday - (Fly to Dalian, Visit to Dalian Foreign Language University)
Checked out of the lovely Beijing International Hotel and we headed back to the airport for a short 1 hr flight to Dalian. The flight was smooth and we landed in Dalian without incident. The first thing everyone noticed were the blue skies in Dalian. Beijing, which was a wonderful city, has only one downfall: the smog. With so many people and vehicles compounded with the fact that the factories still burn coal, causes the city to always be covered in a cloud of smog. In Dalian, it is much cleaner and the skies are clearer. After we checked in to the May Day Hotel, we headed over to Foreign Language University in Dalian. There, the students saw a PowerPoint presentation on the university and then were able to converse with the students from the university. Our students were all paired with a student from the university and chatted for about 15-20 minutes. Our students then exchanged gifts they had brought from home and we also received some gifts from the university. Finally, the students received a calligraphy lesson from an actual professor from the university, and then were able to practice what they learned from the brief lesson. It was definitely a wonderful experience.
Getting ready to check out
Off the bus and into the airport
Boarding the crop duster
The kids keeping their sanity
Checking into the May Day Mo I mean Hotel
The May Day was short staffed so they temporarily hired Mr. Nystrom and immediately bumped him to Assistant Manager because of his credentials.
Our 1st lunch in Dalian
Eating lunch at a Brazilian style churascarria. In this type of restaurant they bring out a variety of different meats on a skewer and cut it off right in front of you and onto your plate. They brought out at least 10-12 different types of meat including chicken heart.
Our crew posing with the university students in Dalian.
Zach looking pretty while everyone is busy breaking the ice.
Our students were awesome. They initiated conversation and kept the conversations going for the most part. They had a lot to say.
Mike...Wake up.
CD and Alex showing off their gifts.
Students applying their calligraphy skills
Tyler took the easy way out and let her do all the work
Jim did an awesome job with his calligraphy.
The professor giving a brief lesson on calligraphy
The prof showing how it's done
Mike drawing a plane
2 comments:
Nein zat vaas a deutsche restaurant. It wasnt a brazilian place doctahhh.
oh yeah that was me...justin
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