Eric's Beijing Diary

Wow! This new hotel Jessica lined up for me is pretty nice! Technically, it's the new village guest house. But it is much closer to an actual hotel in a city. Never mind that they put me in a room that hadn't been cleaned. The shower actually works!

I managed to switch busses in Hezuo without too much trouble, and got here to the village at about noon. I had picked up some little trinkets for the kids when I was in Langmusi, so they were pretty excited. But they didn't feel like studying, so we actually spent most of the afternoon outside. Oh, well. It is summer school after all. Tomorrow I will head back to Lanzhou and try to get a ticket to Beijing. Usually, before I head back to Beijing, I try to take a little side trip somewhere. Last year, I took the train from Lanzhou to Qingdao instead of going directly back to Beijing. But it turns out that the Software College is planning a faculty retreat at Beidaihe on the coast about a week or so after I get back, so I guess I will head straight back to Beijing and start getting ready for the fall. You know how summers are...no matter how long you manage to drag them out, they're always over too soon.