CHINA
Today is the seventh day of our adventure to China and I think that it is safe to say that this has been one of the most memorable trips of my life. Everything here is very foreign to anything I have ever experienced. By now everyone has adjusted to the culutre shock and getting used to not being at home. Everyone is okay with eating Chinese food for every meal, eating with chopsticks, not drinking the tap water, and using Eastern bathrooms. Even though we have had to adjust to aspects of China that might have origiinally seemd scary or something we would never do, our trip would not be the same without them. Chin has been amazing so far; from the temples to the people,from the good to the strange, it has all been completely worth it. Today we took a nice long bus ride to learn Kung Fu with students who had just graduated. It was so much fun to learn, despite the language barrier, and the fact that none of us were very good. We got to experience what so many children n China learn to do everyday and how much dedication it takes. After our Kung Fu lesson we went to the Shaolin Temple for lunch, a Kung Fu show, and a tour. The temple was interesting to learn about as always and the Kung Fu show was thrilling. Seeing what we learnd earlier in the day displayed on stage in front of us tied the day together. After the show we walked around the temple and looked at the pagodas which were beautiful. There was a nice long bus ride home before dinner at our hotel which we all desperately needed. This trip has taken a lot out of us but has been worth every second of "OMG I want to fall asleep right now." Can't wait to see what other adventures we go on during our time left in China.
"Typing at the computer...sitting in silence..." [quote from Jonathan's 'rap' as we speak] This blog post has taken way too long to write because Jonathan has been singing random songs the entire time and apparently he is trying to write his own now. It's going to be a long 4 days...just kidding = ] I know we are all secretly going to miss everyone who has been a part of this trip. Hope all is well at home. ~Erin