Homesick for Beijing?

Blogspot is blocked by the government in Beijing so I can't see my blog but I CAN update it mwahaha.

Currently I am in Woooo hun! (Wuhan). It reminds me of Hangzhou - it has an east lake and on my arrival I discovered that it was raining - the hot humid type of rain - I feel like I am in some tropical desert! The funny thing is as soon as the locals showed me where I was staying I started feeling homesick - for Beijing! It is quite the shock! I thought I would be homesick for Edmonton - but nope! For Beijing! In Beijing there is always a hustle and bustle at home - but here, everyone is in classes and I am currently the only one living in the apartment...I miss people.

Last week was full of dinners and going aways for interns and CEEDers. I said goodbyes and "see you soons" to people from Poland, US, Netherlands, and Brazil. It is sad - but I will cherish the friendships that I made and feel grateful for meeting these people. It is always hard to travel and make friends only to lose them - but as someone told me here - a new adventure begins to visit friends made in the future ;) [Check out Asia and I getting lost (again) on our way to one of the farewell parties]

We also went to the beach - kind of - on the weekend. We went to BeDaiHe and bussed to ShanHuaGuan where the great wall meets the ocean. Took a quick dip in the ocean but after fearing the pollution from the factory several meters away - and David's eyes beginning to burn... we hopped out and bussed home to eat some way too spicy, burn your lips, make you tear when all you do is blow your nose - lamb/chicken/beef on a stick. (check out the beach/great wall pics on the link to your right).

An update about Wuhan will soon come - as soon as it stops raining and I can start my adventures! I am here for a week- then off to QingDao Beach - then a week of touristy stuff in Beijing - and then fly to Montreal to learn french!!!