Quanzhou: Delegation of Gould Academy
Warmly Welcome to the Delegation of Gould Academy!
Our group is complete! This morning our Quanzhou group of Gould students grew from 7 to 10 with the arrival of the late arrival students. They arrived in Beijing, spent the night, and took that 6:45am flight from Beijing to Quanzhou. Do you think they’re tired? There should be a different word for tired when it comes with jet-lag and culture shock.
The whole group did great, however, when they were invited to paint traditional Chinese Opera masks with their Chinese classmates. Even Mr. Penley and I were able to get in on the painting fun.
Eddie’s mask
Sophie painting her mask
Maddie’s mask
Sophie’s mask and host
Nice painting, ladies!
Haglis’s mask
Annie’s mask
Ms. Wilkerson’s mask
After some time at school and lunch with their hosts, we met again to visit an old part of Quanzhou.
The final activity of the day was a banquet dinner where we read the message, “Warmly Welcome to the Delegation of Gould Academy” in bright lights on the outside of the hotel. We had dinner together while teachers of English, dance, calligraphy, and music entertained us.
calligraphy
Tomorrow, Saturday, our Gould students will be together with each other and their hosts for shopping and a movie, after a generous sleep-in. I know a sleep-in will be welcomed by all.
Fun fact- our last full day in Beijing, we walked about 13 miles.
