Summer China Trip 2017 (part 2/2)
Our first meal in Yangzhou. Believe it or not this is only a fraction of the meal served us Arriving in Yangzhou and Yangzhou University This will probably be the longer post of the two, because we stayed here in Yangzhou for a whole week. On top of that, we were doing several fun activities every day. Not to mention, the campus itself had a lot to explore! Settling In When we arrived, we got our room assignments in the international student dorms, received a brief orientation, and then set off to the school cafeteria for lunch. We also got to meet a few of the buddy students (college freshmen, mostly from the English department, who would be assigned to each student from the U.S.). After lunch, we went to a party/talent show that the buddy students had chosen to throw just for us. New Acquaintances We were served refreshments and seated in a small lecture hall as pop songs played in the background. A few speeches were made by the program directors, as well as t...