Last days of Orientation

three best friends

Our sweet practicum class :)

Orange Island in Changsha- 

with the famous statue of Mao Zedong

So, I will sum up the remaining pictures in this paragraph because blogger is being very annoying. Beverly and I found the old street full of bars while we were walking aimlessly around walking street in Changsha. 

Bavaria- Holland?? I think not.

At night is when Changsha really comes alive. Students will sing in order to raise money for their school fees. Groups of shirtless men will sit around a public TV.

The picture of the old men outside during the day time took place in a park by the river. Once Chinese people retire, many of them congregate in parks (by the river seems to be a common theme) and sing Chinese opera. They take turns and everyone sits there and listens. In my picture, the man smiling his giant amazing smile was SO happy to see all of us foreigners. We stood there for about 10 minutes and this man never lost interest in our foreign faces and smiled his huge smile throughout- I just had to have a picture. The other two old men were how most people react to foreigners.

The next series of pictures were taken on the old historic street in Changsha, which of course has been renovated so its not really old anymore. A picture for my German friends- Popo Juice! Ja, es gibt Popo Saft in China.

Then we found a little modern art "museum"/hangout where HIP I repeat, HIP CHINESE were singing and making art and doing their thing. It was crazy! The first hip Chinese I've seen so far. 

Then on the way back I got some tofu with sugar, which a man was serving out of his buckets on the street. It was very good.

The last two pictures were from our last dinner before we all left for our placement sites. The napkin holders were glorious in the Mao restaurant. The food was our typical Changsha dinner food and absolutely delicious.