Tomorrow I start Uni here in HangZhou. Toni has already begun, having started her first few days on Tuesday. The Uni is not far from where we live, roughly 15 minutes or so by foot north. The course is “Elementary Chinese”, although from what Toni has said, it’s taught mostly in Mandarin (with occasional English) […]
Continue ReadingOur apartment and local area
Here are some pictures of the place we are staying in: Here’s a picture of our bedroom, our little sanctuary from the rest of the world. The second picture shows the view from the room, it’s not bad, is it? The third is a photo of our new heater (purchased last week) which has been […]
Continue ReadingA weekend’s notes
Hi all, Well, as you may know from reading the various entries, last week was incredibly cold here – so much so that it snowed on two consecutive days which dropped temperatures below zero (degrees) on those days – *phew*. As a consequence, Toni and I (and pretty much everyone else) all came down with […]
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