Yesterday, I played badminton with my counterpart, her high school friends and their wives and husbands. My counterpart is in her mid-twenties and I found it fascinating that she still hangs out with her high school friends. Instead of going out for dinner, watching a movie, going camping, or having a wine and cheese party, they rent a badminton court at a local gym and play badminton. Fun!
I have lived in China for 4 years and have NEVER eaten a mutton soup hot pot. It was amazing. A lamb broth, not spicy, filled with chunks of meat, liver, lung, and stomach that is placed on a gas stove. After fishing out the meat, we then added to the boiling broth plates of vegetables- lotus root, greens, potatoes, dumplings, and rice noodles. I would highly recommend that if you haven't had mutton hot pot yet ask a Chinese friend to take you.
My blog has traveled around the world as I have transferred from country to country with Peace Corps. I spent 6 months in Guinea teaching chemistry and physics but had to leave when the Guinea program was suspended due to political unrest. I spent about a month in Mali and then transferred to Burkina Faso. I was a math teacher. I have now transferred to Asia and am an English teacher at a university. This will be my sixth and last year in Peace Corps.
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1 comment:
Pretty cool that you're still discovering new things in China after 4 years.... ! I feel I'd get bored after 4 years in one place. Like I looked for another country instead of extending in China... I wonder when I'll stop needing to move?
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