Botanical Gardens

My blogger account has not been working well lately, so I will keep it short. I am enjoying my time in China very much. I am growing more and more attached to our teachers here. Yesterday, I travelled with 3 of the teachers to Beijing Botanical Gardens. It was so beautiful. We would walk awhile, and then one of the teachers would say, "Should we have a rest here?" Then we would rest and take pictures for about 10 minutes before we continued walking through the garden. In this garden, we also got to visit the Temple of the Sleeping Buddha. It was very interesting, and I had an interesting conversation with one of the teachers about his beliefs.

We had a simple lunch in the Gardens, and then we continued walking. We left the garden at about 3:00 and then looked for a place to have a late lunch. When we returned to school, we decided to meet for supper to eat hot pot--a traditional China dish. After supper, we enjoyed laughing and talking while our food digested. We ordered too much food, and we were all a little uncomfortable (too full) at the end of the meal.

My room-mate has been sick the past two days. She has had the stomach flu and a fever. You can keep our team in your thoughts, as we do not want to get sick. Also, tomorrow is a big day for us as we will be putting on a North American Christmas program. This evening, we will go Christmas caroling in the Chinese teachers' dormitory. It will be a lot of fun. Thank you for all your thoughts.