On Friday Sean and I went to Shanghai to pick Emily up - it was so much fun to see her and we are so excited to be able to travel with her!
After late train back to our city we spent the next day just hanging out, walking around campus and then had dinner at Steve's with the other teachers. Her chopstick and squatter toilet skills have improved 100% - once you travel to China you can do anything and go anywhere. She tried duck for the first time and liked the asparagus and pork and curry chicken and potatoes.
The coolest thing about having Emily here is that I have a girl friend to talk to. We have stayed up until 4:30 in the morning talking and catching up. It is awesome - I wish she could stay longer and I'll be really sad to see her go.
Today we slept in and are slowly getting ready to go. Tonight we get on an overnight train to go to Beijing. Before we go to the train station we are going to have dinner with Qin Chen and Zhao Min down town in Changzhou. It feels so good to be done with teaching and to be on vacation - I'm looking forward to traveling to new places this summer.