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Travel Plans / Reisepläne

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Preview of plans for winter break 2009… want to see more of the country, have lots to learn, might be able to do some work with it, and just plain want to be on the move, not hang around at university, all by my lonesome self.

Eine Vorschau auf die Pläne für die Winterferien 2009… Ich möchte mehr vom Land sehen, habe viel zu lernen, kann es vielleicht für Arbeit verwenden und möchte einfach auf Achse sein, nicht mutterseelenallein am Universitätscampus herumlungern.


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Shanghai - Hainan - Kunming (for Spring Festival / während des Chinesischen Neujahrsfests) - Guilin

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Little Trip to Changsha

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Last Saturday, although I could tell I was starting to get a cold, I went to Changsha again (October 1, I had also been there). Started out in the morning, catching the local bus into Xiangtan, then the regional bus to Changsha.
At the bus station, I noticed the fare for going to Shanghai - which is not only of interest, but also one of the few city names I know in Chinese: 290 RMB. Might be worth considering.

In Changsha, I wanted to try and find the Metro store, which should have even more imported items than Carrefour and WalMart. It would be nice to know what’s available, for example as I have been thinking about cooking something for some of my students and/or co-teachers. Much to my chagrin, I failed miserably. I even tried with a cab, but only ended up where I had started looking, and failed to locate it. Back home, it would turn out that, in all probability, I would just (more…)

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