Chengdu Has Arrived Safely!
After a leaving the dry brown of late winter in Beijing, it is wonderful to come to the warmer, greener climes of early spring in Chengdu (although I was admonished to wear a heavy coat in the evenings because it is quite cold. I assured our host that the 50 degree weather was ok with me.)
We had a smooth flight from Beijing to Chengdu and after leaving the Chengdu airport, quickly arriving at Chengdu Experimental Foreign Languages School (CEFLS). We were greeted by a large sign welcoming us in English and Chinese and a billboard of essays and pictures from the exchange in the fall.
We had about an hour and a half of down time with time to relax and play a bit of basketball. Let’s just say that, while a few members of our group have some skills, it is probably a good thing that we don’t have a formal basketball game scheduled.
We had a little friendly game. I think the final score was something like 20 – 2… but we scored the last basket of the game so that counts for something, right?
When the students had to go back to class after exercise time, we played a game of knock out. Elly Mather proved to be the one to beat.
Then it was time to meet up with our host and head home. I can wait to hear everyones stories on the way to see pandas tomorrow.
Sherry and her host
Sam and Luis
Kohsuke and Bingo
Brenna and Elizabeth
Elly and her host (Elly and Sherry left before we could ask them their hosts names. They were excited to be off to their next adventures!)
Grace and Vera
Aidan and Sherlock
Ana and Alice
Andrew and Oscar
Henry and Philips
We have a full schedule ahead of us! We are looking forward to a great week in Chengdu!
