e We are on day 4 of training and learned days, and months. Chinese does not have names for days or months. Rather, Monday literally is day 1, Tuesday is day 2 so forth. The same holds true with months; January being Yiyue.(1 month). This is the Westernized version used to enable China to operate in the Global Marketplace. The actual Chinese calendar is still used, but primarily for the timing of holidays.
The picture at right shows the German Cathedral in Qingdao. Note the other buildings as well. I think the only indication that is a Chinese city in the writing for the signage. Otherwise, this could be a city right out of Germany. I think that is one of the things that will make this visit very interesting.
We were able to meet the couple who's apartment we are taking. They indicated that we should not take anything other than laptops and clothing. Everything else is there. The apartment is on the sixth floor and is considered the best on the floor. We are within minutes of Fushan (the mountain and the National Forest) that sits behind the campus. We can be to the top of the mountain within 25 mountains.
The beach is only a short walk. The picture below shows Qindao from the area around the main campus of the university.
The University has four campuses in the city. We will be travelling by bus if we have to go to the other campuses away from the main campus. The bus costs about 16 cents. We do not know what or where our classes are, yet. We remain excited and will be flexible.
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