Eric's Beijing Diary

I'm sitting here in the dining car watching an old American war movie dubbed in Chinese. Must be a pirated DVD or something--it stops every once in awhile and it has started over at least once.

I am on my way to Wuhan. Wuhan is actually an amalgamation of three old cities. They are Hanyang, Hankou, and Wuchang. Today, the three cities exist as districts within larger Wuhan, an increasingly modern industrial city on the Yangtze River. I am going to be sharing some of the things I taught last year in Beijing on the gifts of the Spirit. This will have to be my last trip of the winter holiday. School starts next week for the undergraduates.

I didn't have any trouble getting a ticket this time. This train only has soft sleeper cars, and students tend to use the hard sleepers, so this train had plenty of available spots. I bought my ticket at the booking office without any difficulty.