I arrived back in China just over a month after I had left, August 25th. Was driven to my town, Jiaxing, from the airport by a senior teacher and driver. Briefly glimpsed Shanghai but being only 45 minutes away by train I wasn't concerned. Apartment was really nice and spacious, nicer then some places I lived in Boston. Everyone at the school was nice and friendly. Focused on acclimating, etc, getting used to learning how to teach/observing classes/etc.. Busy few days, but we all got to relax on the staff holiday shortly after.
The whole school staff, some 40 people, took off on a Monday for coastal China somewhere. We crossed over the world's largest bridge among other crazy landscapes. The beach was really chill, reminded me of Thailand a bit. Great weather, frisbee and beers on the sand, ocean swimming, the works. Definitely good times. Next day we hit a Chinese movie set place, really just a bunch of interesting old Chinese buildings. Really beautiful hiking around there as well. Great introduction to the school in general and getting to know the staff better. I definitely get along with every single person from the school and genuinely like them all, with maybe one or two exceptions. 15 or so foreign teachers, 4 local Chinese girls, plus the local Chinese sales/class monitor staff.
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