Hangzhou Spring Trip

For the school's annual spring trip, everyone got to go to Hangzhou, a big Westernized city about three hours away. It's a big deal for our students because many of them have never been to Hangzhou and some just don't have the time to spend a day there.

Zoe and I went to see Alice in Wonderland in 3D, because we thought this was our one chance to see this movie in 3D and on the big screen. It was worth the time, and it was only 40 kuai (not even $6).


For lunch, we found a cute "New York/Italian" restaurant that seemed to be owned by an ex-pat. It was definitely an expensive meal but well worth it. I had pesto penne.



Xi Hu (West Lake) is the most famous bit of scenery in Hangzhou. Luckily, it was a sunny day for us. The Gao 2 students went the day before and it was raining the whole day.



We ran into one of our students who got separated from his friends (which surprisingly happened a lot on that day...). We bought him gelato. It was fun!


These are two more of our students...




Zoe and I with a few of our students. (Far right is Genie from our musical, "Aladdin")


Grubby, who is Iago in "Aladdin," took a picture of our bus as I took a picture of their bus!


Ruby...


Tina and Shirley...


Tom (Sultan in "Aladdin"), Ben (Narrator), and Bill (Prince Achmed)!


Students fell asleep quickly after a tiring day...


So we all took pictures of them...