{"id":68,"date":"2019-06-11T04:52:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T09:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2019\/?p=68"},"modified":"2019-06-11T04:52:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T09:52:56","slug":"nanjing-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2019\/2019\/06\/11\/nanjing-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanjing Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

INITIAL THOUGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we got off the plane and into the van to take\nus to the hotel I knew that this trip was going to be a once in a lifetime opportunity.\nOnce we got off the van into the hotel we regrouped and relaxed for a little\nbit. After about an hour or so a member in our group suggested we go to the\nbank to grab Chinese currency. We asked the lady at the front desk where the nearest\nbank was, her response was walk 2 minutes then take a right. We listened to her\ndirections and immediately got lost. We began walking down a busy street with\nmany small shops selling fruit, meat and all types of fish as well as\nrestaurants. To our left there was a women selling live shrimp in a bucket jumping\naround with a bowl of eels right next to it, and to our right a man selling\ngoldfish out of the back of his bicycle. We all looked at each other and were\ntaken back by the daily life of the residents in Nanjing. The next day we went\nto a lake, which was more of an amusement park than a lake. The park had many\ngift stores, and small sops that sold clothes food, and other trinkets. There were\nperformers acting out skits and plays in traditional Chinese garments. Overall\nI enjoyed my time at the lake, and learned a lot about Chinese culture and\ntradition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOOD<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we landed in Honk Kong I was amazed by all the\ndifferent types of food that were in the airport. Dried scallops, dried fish,\nexotic candies, and beverages that I have never seen before. Our first meal in\nNanjing consisted of bamboo, which was soft tender and tasted like beef there\nwas also Tibetan cabbage, a beef dish, Chinese pumpkin, broccoli, and a chicken,\nhead and feet included. When walking on the streets you will notice small tubs\nfilled with crawfish, when I asked one of the Chinese students why there were\nso many shops selling them she said that it was the season. In the states\ncrawfish are a popular dish down South in Louisiana where there is an abundance\nof the tiny Lobsters. I suggested to the group that we try them and everyone\nagreed, so we went into a local restaurant near the campus. The meal began with\nbarbequed meat, pork, and whole mackerel on a stick. After we finished with the\nfirst course the crawfish came and it was a lot of fun just to take them apart\nto get the tiny little bit of meat that is edible on the tiny crustacean. They\nwere delicious and I was very happy I got to experience that. We also had hot\npot, which consists of a pot in the middle with different types of broths. The\nobjective is to cook your own meat. We ordered squid, chicken, beef, potatoes,\nnoodles, quail eggs and threw everything into the pot. When the food is ready\nto be eaten it floats to the top and absorbs the flavor of the broth. I will\nsay this was the most laborious meal we had due to the intensity of the heat\nand having to fish for food with chop sticks, but it was delicious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CLASS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nclass began with the introduction of each groups team members. We were quickly\nbroken up and did a quick ice breaker. The following day is when the class\nreally started. We were introduced to the project and given a few challenges we\nhad to complete. One project started with one of the professors from NUJPT\ngiving us one hundred dollars and trying to make as much money as we can with\nthat initial investment. Our group decided to teach English classes. We made\nonly thirty Yuan because we couldn\u2019t find enough people to join, but it was a\nfun exercise. The class itself is very interesting, because I want to apply\nwhat I learn here in China back in the United States to potentially create my\nown business. Professor Mehta gave very informative lectures on how to put your\nthoughts together and create something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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