Things keep ticking along here in Shanghai. The weather has been very hot and so we've been taking it easy (by our standards) ... Today we were out in the suburbs in a huge forest park having a picnic and just chilling. Sipping kumquat lemonade or iced pear tea ... and eating Western food (at least for now ... food poisoning episode last week has dampened our experiments with strange foods for now!).We are about half way through our time in China which is amazing as it is going fast. On the days when it all seems a bit much we try to remember that this time next year it will all be over. With 6 months left we are starting to look at what next .... with the condo rented for 2 years we are footloose and fancy free. We are looking into various options - more international teaching (Japan? Russia? Turkey? ...?), volunteering or renting a beach hut and not doing ... We do plan to visit UK and USA as we miss both! We also want to fit in some traveling too (of course) and India seems to be calling ... so stay tuned with these developments!
We are quite pleased with our progress with learning Chinese and are now often complimented on it by Chinese speakers ... not that we can debate the pros and cons of international politics, but we can order food and train tickets and find places and tell people off ... Also we are doing well learing to read Chinese too - 400 characters and counting! So that's all good.
Apart from that we have been relaxing and enjoying Shanghai and making the most of this unique time in China.
Until next time ...
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