The Long-Awaited Blog Post

Here are some pictures of where we live and teach.

These are the stairs leading up to our houses and classrooms.


The upstairs rooms are Michael and Brendan's Gao 2 classrooms. The downstairs rooms are Zoe and mine.


This is the courtyard between the boys and girls' houses. As you can see, we hang our clothes on the clothesline with our other neighbors, who are also teachers.

The far green door is the door to our apartment. The window in the middle is my window. Though you can't see it here, there are bars on the window.


Big Bear and Big Squeakers


Our horribly messy living room.


Our horribly messy kitchen.


My door.

My room

My room. The back corner leads to my bathroom.


Disney Corner! The Toy Story picture is actually a 3D holographic puzzle. It was fun to put together!


That's all for now. The owner of the foundation that funds our Yale-China program here at Xiuning is helping to host a concert tomorrow at a resort hotel. There will apparently be a jazz band and good food. We're all very excited!

--Annie