So, I've been in Shanghai a couple days and it's completely different from the rest of China. I went to the Bund, which is a bunch of really cool, modern skyscrapers. On the other side of the river, there are a bunch of old European buildings leftover from colonial times, which was really interesting to see. Yesterday, I went to one of the floors of the Pearl Tower and it was an amazing view! There's a floor made of glass there and you can walk all the way around the tower on it. One of the others and I actually laid down on it, looking downward, which gives you the sensation of falling...kind of scary.
However, I don't feel like I'm in China yet, which is a bit like how I felt at the beginning of the Xi'an semester while in Beijing. But whatever. I'll get to Mianyang soon! (today, actually!)
And I got to see Ellie (from the Fall semester in Yunnan) the day before yesterday, which was great. We went to the World Finance building for free champagne (it's funny, the building's actually is the shape of a bottle opener) and I told Ellie about it, but I didn't give her a lot of notice and, since we don't have cellphones to use at the time, I was thinking it would be unlikely for her to actually come. So we were just hanging out, dancing some, and suddenly I saw her face amidst the others, looking so excited! We got to talk and catch up, which was great, and we're both heading off to Sichuan, so I'll probably get to see more of her.
I've figured out that there are six of us here going on to Mianyang, which we still don't know much about. It'll be interesting to see how things turn out...
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