McDonald’s (Màidāngláo) is a block from the hotel and it has been a popular choice for breakfast, or in the case of last night, the place to find some ice cream after dinner. In fact, Nora claims that this was her first time ever eating at McDonald’s! 6,000 miles from home haha 🙂 Wednesday evening…

It’s day one of field studies. My group had Longshan Temple, tea shop, and Bopiliao Historical Block. Inside the temple we watched visitors bring offerings of food and drinks and set them on large tables. They roll wooden “moon blocks” that help answer their prayers for health, good grades, peace, money, or love. The kids…

Collected more photos from other groups!

Much of the signage has an English portion, except what appears to be the important fire safety instructions: It’s almost 10pm here, and I’m excited about the prospects of a full night’s sleep…but then I turned on the tv and found the game show channel! I have no idea what’s happening here, but if they…

This morning, each group set out across the city in a race to complete a large number of tasks. Take buses, navigate the subway, buy train tickets, order food, interview strangers, and more! The fastest team wins boba tea 🙂 Our group was first to depart. The bank definitely didn’t like $20 bills and they…

The kids are all in their rooms for the night, I’ve definitely been awake for more than 24 hours, and strangely am not tired. Let’s go explore the neighborhood! I think this is their version of the eternally-rotating hot dogs at our 7-11’s. Gonna try one for breakfast. Ok, *now* I’ll try to get some…