The living room

kitchen

front door

my room

My host mother and sister.

My host family in their living room

Today after the longest plane ride of my life, about 12 1/2 hours, I finally arrived in Beijing, very tired. I have lost track of the last time I slept because all the time changes that I have experienced in the last few days. After going through the customs at the airport, which took a surprisingly short time, we were on our way into the city. after arriving at our school and unloading the buses, we had a quick meeting before being ushered away by our host parents. I went home with my host family to their apartment, which is pretty close to the school. They have a daughter my age, Sun Yijing, who also attends our school. They took me out to dinner and we ate real Chinese food. Pretty interesting stuff. We had a couple noodle dishes, some mushrooms, tofu, and fish we picked out ourselves. All in all it was a great night, but I am so tired. Tomorrow and sunday we have orientation, and we start school on Monday.