I really don't think anything noteworthy has happened since I last posted. I've had a cold the last week and every time I think it's getting better, the pollution get really bad and it starts to come back. Being sick has also really limited me going out at night too because all the restaurants and bars get really smoky so I can't breathe. Damn me having limited oxygen absorption!
Yesterday the kids from the UF in Chengdu first year program moved to Beijing for the rest of the summer. Chengdu was one of the areas that was affected by the earthquake so they didn't want them living in the wreckage. Aside from having to live through the earthquake and all, they are getting an awesome deal because they can get around better because it is easier to find English speakers in Beijing and their program is more than $3000 less then the cost of the Beijing program!
With this earthquake hitting China, it is official that when my family travels we bring bad luck upon that area. Within days of us being somewhere a natural disaster seems to occur. When in NYC there was a massive northeast blackout, in Thailand there was a tsunami, in New Orleans/Billouxi there was a hurricane, and now in China there is an earthquake. Seriously, we shouldn't be allowed to leave Aventura ever again.
Tomorrow we are going to the Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City, and Tianamen Square so I will post with pictures later. I realize that I never added my personal statement on visiting the Great Wall but it was pretty negative so I wasn't sure I wanted to but now I am reconsidering it.
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