China - Day 492

Went off to Shenyang to sort out things at the bank and meet with auntie and boyfriend for breakfast

Then we went to the Imperial Palace in Shenyang, very famous and more accessible than Beijing one

Special show time as it was a National Holiday (Dragon Boat Festival)

Late afternoon and early evening BBQ on the street close to where auntie lives, sunshine & cold beer

China - Day 491

Monday another massive day at work - thankfully the kiddies are kuties

China - Day 490

China - Day 489

Day off today because I have to work on Monday to free up Tuesday for the Dragon Boat Festival. So lazy start followed by an attempt on the 400m world record

My Chinese is, needless to say, still not far off the worst Chinese that is on offer anywhere in China

China - Day 488

The Americatown planning event at Jinzhou zoo was cancelled for yesterday afternoon so I was able to prep more classes which meant that I had the time to take most of today off and I only had one class this late afternoon - earlier YingYing and I went to the local parcel service to send some stuff off to Steve down South

China - Day 487

Thursday early evening warm enough to eat out. Missing were the masses. Also missing were the 2.5litre jugs of cold lager. But the food was good and the so was the bill for the BBQ

China - Day 486

Nic and Emily are over from France with Elsie and Olivia and Mike is down in Romsey for a couple of days. Nic and Emily took dad to see Abbottswood

China - Day 485

Second of two well-earned (if I say so myself) days off

China - Day 484

A day off! Started with a Chinese lesson which shows me the way ahead!!!!

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China - Day 480

I went to the recording studio again today and read 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'Dick Whittington' for StarSplendor to sell to the children for 2RMB a pot. See if you can guess which one this is.......

China - Day 479

China - Day 478

Took a stroll down Keji Lu for an expensive hot beverage coffee at Rhine World Coffee

China - Day 477

This is the vid I meant to upload yesterday instead of the slightly less daft one about the tomato

It's now Monday and we're off to the zoo!!!

Feeding the monkeys

A white peacock is a beautiful thing

China - Day 476

Busy

Busy

Busy

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China - Day 473

Very good day preparation for classes. There should be no problem over the weekend with underpreparedness if that is even a word. The classes on Saturday and Sunday will come thick and fast and so I have also prepared for next Wednesday so that I can have a proper rest on Monday and Tuesday (vid to follow)

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China - Day 470 - The Great Wall

China - Day 469 - Beijing

China - Day 468

An insane day at the office - here there and everywhere - it's going to be a tough ride over the next few months - four months ago there were four foreign teachers and now we are down to two - Joel and I - and after September it will be one - we rang the cavalry but they said no

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China - Day 465 - Jinzhou

China - Day 464 - Beijing

China - Day 463 - Monday 1st May 2017

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