Kunming, Yunnan, China

你好 (hello) !

I have been in China for four days now, and it already seems like it has been weeks. After 19 hours spent in the air and more than 20 hours in airports, I finally arrived to Kunming where I will be studying for the semester. I was a bit embarrassed at first showing up with two suitcases and a giant erg wrapped in green bubble wrap, but already I feel happily welcomed.

There are 9 other students doing the program with me, and I am the only one from Bucknell. There is however, another rower in the program and we have already decided to be workout buddies.

                                                  

 

 

 

 

 

This weekend we traveled as a group to a smaller nearby city, Tonghai, for orientation where I visited Confucius, Daoist, and Buddhist temples dating back a thousand years ago.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow is the first day of classes and I have a rigorous semester ahead of me especially with the challenges of the language, but I am looking forward to every moment of it. I am excited to share with you all the events to come!

Elizabeth