We can’t believe a week has already gone by….this time last week I was in tears because there wasn’t any toilet paper. Or towels. Or dishes. Of course we had some travel tissue packets, but I was delirious from being tired and not thinking rationally. Hee hee. A nights sleep and a trip to the store solved all those issues.
School was rough for both of us this week because the language is really overwhelming to learn. There are so many words that sound the same because the difference in tones is so slight. Mike is really enjoying learning the characters because the teacher gives him the history of the character. The last half hour of class was rough for me today because it was like my mind just couldn’t take anymore. Then my tutor gave me gobs of homework that I am in denial about. Hee hee.
Today we trekked it over by subway to Wal-Mart again where I was able to get Land O Lakes butter and sliced American cheese. That was great so we can make sandwiches in the apartment and have butter on our noodles. The cheese was the most expensive grocery purchase yet because cheese really isn’t popular in China. I also found lemon creme filled Ritz which are totally yummy like the orange ones. They really need to make these in America! We tried to get some dinner at KFC, but they didn’t have a menu in English or a picture menu like some other places around here. The Pizza Hut here is very fancy and there was a huge line of people waiting outside for a table, so we didn’t attempt that on a Friday night. It’s funny how serious the Chinese are about pizza.
This weekend we are going to play tourist a little bit and I will put photos up of our adventures. We are going to some places that we paid for last time, but didn’t go too because I was sick when we first got to Beijing. It’s supposed to be in the low 70’s this weekend, so it should be nice. I leave you with some photos of the gridlock on the corner by our apartment when we went out to grab some dinner tonight.
