Here is a video from outside our hotel room of some people doing Tai Chi this morning.
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Morning Tai Chi
Saturday, April 18th, 2009Arrived in Jinan
Friday, April 17th, 2009I arrived safely in Jinan after visiting the Peony Festival in Heze this morning. I was the star of the show there. A camera crew followed me around the festival. I posed in the midst of the peonies. I wore a peony hat. As far as I know, I was the only westerner there amidst the thousands.
Pictures and more later. Mr. Crawford and I just bought a huge suitcase in the hopes of packing all the gifts we received.
We visit Qufu, home of Confucius, tomorrow.
Mr. Wood
Arrived back in Jinan
Friday, April 17th, 2009I just arrived back in Jinan and am settling back into the hotel again. Today on the way back, we stopped in Zibo the home town of Pu Songling. Pu Songling was a famous writer who lived from 1640 to 1715. He published many different stories but is very famous for writing stories about ghosts. Mr. Pang, the vice-principal, compared Pu Songling to the writer Mark Twain. It was interesting to see Pu Songling’s house and beautiful courtyards. Pictures of his house will be uploaded soon into the Binzhou gallery.
It was a sad goodbye this morning to leave Binzhou. I had students surprise me this morning and give me a gift of a photo album and video. My days in Binzhou went by too fast but I made many friends. Hopefully, one day I will be able to come back and visit the school and the students of Shoutian Yingcai Primary school.
Now I am just waiting for Mr. Wood to arrive back at the hotel and then it is on to another banquet tonight.
Zaijian,
Mr. Crawford
Jinan
Saturday, April 11th, 2009Jinan is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Shandong province. Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region and has become an administrative, economic, and transportation center. The city is located in north-western part of Shandong, it borders Liaocheng to the southwest, Dezhou to the northwest, Binzhou to the northeast, Zibo to the east, Laiwu to the southeast and Tai’an to the south. Jinan consists of 10 county-level divisions, including 6 districts, 1 county-level city and 3 counties. The population of Jinan is 5,900,000.
Map of Jinan
Image courtesy of Wikimedia.
Zaijian,
Mr. Crawford
What time is it?
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Weather in China
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009One of the most frequent questions I have been asked about our trip is, “what is the weather going to be like when you are in China?” From my research it seems that the weather will be very similar to ours in Connecticut at this time of year. Thanks to the internet I am able to even find a 10 day forecast for the major cities of Beijing and Jinan.
If you would like to follow along here are some sites that you can use to check the weather in China.
WeatherUnderground - Jinan , Beijing
Weather.com Beijing
Hopefully this will help me pack the right clothes!
Zaijian,
Mr. Crawford