[Caroline]
On Monday morning, Dad, Bob and I drove four hours to Donggang to visit Donggang middle school, Westlane's partner school. The drive was beautiful and we passed under a bridge about the same size and same style as the golden gate bridge. We arrived and were met by the Headmaster and two english teachers.
We went to a big buffet lunch at a hotel with the two teachers, Ms. Li and Ms. Yuan. It was delicious. We then went back to the school and I got to try three traditional Chinese instruments. I am afraid I was not much good on either. We saw a lot of student art, we visited some of the old classrooms, and I gave a prepared speech in chinese to one class. Then they asked me to sing a song for them! My mind blanked, and the only song I could think of was the ABC's, which is so weird since I am constantly sing all day. If I had been told, I could have prepared a song as well as a speech, but I was only told about a speech. We then got in the car and went to a waterfront section of land and walked a bit. Then we drove to a beach, and I took of my shoes and rolled up my pants and splashed around and ended up getting soaked anyways.Then we went back to the waterfront section and had dinner. It was a feast, literally. Lots of seafood. The shrimps were my favorite. I liked peeling them. Taking the head of and ripping the legs out are actually a really good stress reliever :P
Dinner lasted a long time, and at the end I thought that I was about to burst, not only because of the food, but also because of the outrageous amount of coconut milk I had been served and consumed. We went back to the hotel and went to bed. In the morning we had a very chinese breakfast and went back to the school to say our goodbyes. We then drove back. I was very pleased with the trip and my favorite part was all of the water. The beach and the dinner right next to the water.
On Monday morning, Dad, Bob and I drove four hours to Donggang to visit Donggang middle school, Westlane's partner school. The drive was beautiful and we passed under a bridge about the same size and same style as the golden gate bridge. We arrived and were met by the Headmaster and two english teachers.
We went to a big buffet lunch at a hotel with the two teachers, Ms. Li and Ms. Yuan. It was delicious. We then went back to the school and I got to try three traditional Chinese instruments. I am afraid I was not much good on either. We saw a lot of student art, we visited some of the old classrooms, and I gave a prepared speech in chinese to one class. Then they asked me to sing a song for them! My mind blanked, and the only song I could think of was the ABC's, which is so weird since I am constantly sing all day. If I had been told, I could have prepared a song as well as a speech, but I was only told about a speech. We then got in the car and went to a waterfront section of land and walked a bit. Then we drove to a beach, and I took of my shoes and rolled up my pants and splashed around and ended up getting soaked anyways.Then we went back to the waterfront section and had dinner. It was a feast, literally. Lots of seafood. The shrimps were my favorite. I liked peeling them. Taking the head of and ripping the legs out are actually a really good stress reliever :P
Dinner lasted a long time, and at the end I thought that I was about to burst, not only because of the food, but also because of the outrageous amount of coconut milk I had been served and consumed. We went back to the hotel and went to bed. In the morning we had a very chinese breakfast and went back to the school to say our goodbyes. We then drove back. I was very pleased with the trip and my favorite part was all of the water. The beach and the dinner right next to the water.
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