HUAIROU, Beijing Province: Yet another day of lessons. Think I'm getting this lesson plan down to about right now. Just gotta try and think of what to teach next week! Was told by the dean's assistant that they've found us an apartment and we should be able to move in one to two days! It's just being cleaned he said! YES!!! Cannot wait to move out of this hotel room! The leaky air con must've woke me up at least 5 times last night! Grrr At lunch time we went t...

HUAIROU, Beijing Province: Ok, so second day of teaching. I left my timetable at the school, but I knew my first lesson started at 11.15am, same as Sarah's, and I was pretty sure I had another lesson straight after lunch. Got to the school about half 10, and realised after looking at my timetable that I actually only had one lesson today! Awwwwesome. So I finished teaching by 12.00! The lesson went ok. Played sports Pictionary again, which went ok - same as ...

HUAIROU, Beijing Province: Today was my first day of teaching at the high school. I was so unbelievably nervous! My first class wasn't until 2.40pm, but we were asked by Miss Cao to meet Lily at the school gate at 8.15am so she could accompany us to the school's opening ceremony. Was a bit nervous about this too, but also excited because we'd get to see the staff and the students and get to know a little bit about the culture of the school. Me and Sarah got t...

HUAIROU, Beijing Province: On Sunday we woke up in our hotel, still full from the dinner last night! We were being met by Miss Cao in the morning at 7.20 to take us down to breakfast in the school. She arrived, looking very tired! She took us to the school, giving us a mini tour as we walked through the campus to the school canteen. We ate as much as we could (it wasn't exactly tasty, and I was still really full!) and found our way to the staff room where we ...

HARBIN, Heilongjiang Province: After no sleep and a long wait in the hotel lobby, we finally got on the bus to the train station - but our bus was late, so we had to rush once we got there! We JUST made it in time for the train, but I was so tired, and my bag was so heavy! The train was manically busy, so it took a while to find a seat, but once I did I fell straight to sleep. Eventually the stop for Shenyang came along, so I said goodbye to the Shenyang lot ...