We only have time for a quick post, but here it is:
1. We're finding a place to live! We met a guy named Jinpeng on CouchSurfing and he's been helping us find a place to live. So far we have to decide between a nice apartment for Y900/month ($115 or so) or renting a room from a nice Catholic family for Y400/month ($50ish). The apartment is too big, and the room is probably too small. The family will cook food for us, but we won't have anywhere to go to "escape" from China when it gets to be too much. We welcome all input, suggestions, and advice!
2. We're making friends! Jinpeng, aside from being extremely helpful, is also extremely nice. He owns a coffee shop and so far we've met several of his friends who have come in to talk to him. So it looks like we won't be on our own for the whole time we're in Harbin.
3. Jinpeng is also a Christian! We've been thrust without knowing it right into the center of the Christian community in Harbin. (We didn't go to church with him today because we're so tired and they leave at 6:45am, but we plan to next week.)
In other news, classes start tomorrow. We've already started studying in order to stay on top of the material - it looks like we're going to have at least 100 vocab words a week.
Hope things are going well for all of you, wherever you may be.
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5 comments:
Go for the space and privacy offered by the "nice apartment". This will become a welcome retreat for you both.
Thanks again for the great posts. We feel like we are right there with you. Lee
So glad that you've met some Chinese Christians!!Can't wait to hear more about their church next week....Also, I agree with Lee, go for the bigger space!
I say go for the big space too. That way I have someplace to stay when I run away from law school...
I second the large, private apartment choice. Having your own refuge away from the hectic world is a must.
And to restate the obvious, I continue to draw great delight from your ongoing adventures. Keep up the vivid travelogue.
apartment. that's my 2 cents (yen?)
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