After 450+ miles of driving, and over 7,000miles in the air, I made it to China! The process wasn't
the most fun, but besides a 2 hour layover in Tokyo it all went rather smoothly. Now, the most confusing
thing about this whole process wasn't the language like you might think, but the time zones. China is
13 hours (I think) ahead of the United States, so talk about jet lag. It was about 19 hours of flight time,
but we made it none-the-less.
There are 9 of us students on this trip from all over the United States. So far we have done a lot of walking around Shanghai,
seeing some sights and viewing the city. We visited the YuYuan Garden, which had some beautiful architecture and
interesting buildings. After that we did some wandering around in a HUGE mall. This was a labyrinth that never ended,
but luckily we had a timeframe which limited the amount of shopping that some people on the trip could do.
We just got back from walking some of the streets in the city with all the shopping and entertainment. The lights of the buildings
were shockingly bright, and all I could think about was Broadway in New York City and how similar cities are. It's funny how
even though we are all still going through some culture shock, the world really isn't as different as one might think.
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