Sunday

This being the first full day in Beijing, i went to Haidian with a few current year-longs. The English church there is growing vastly and there is talk to move it to a larger location. You can see some pictures of the church and a video clip taken there last summer over on my Facebook. It was a good way to start out, church in the morning and then lunch across the street at this large bookstore that has its own food court. A few of the year-longs had some former students meet up with them and we hung out there for about an hour before heading back. To save some money, we took public transportation back which takes about 2 1/2 hours at about one sixth the cost of a taxi. However, like any large city, public transit is complicated, especially when everything is labeled in Mandarin. In time, everything will be figured out.