Life here in Pengshan has been going slowly for the past week. Lots of grading, Neflix, and more grading, as I finished up the final exams. But in less than two days, it's about to get a lot more interesting as Nick arrives to visit!
Naturally, I'm already bouncing off the walls in anticipation of his visit, but beyond the whole 'seeing my boyfriend after months apart' thing, I'm also incredibly excited to be able to see China through the eyes of a stranger. Nick has never been to China before. In fact, he's never really been to a developing country before. He doesn't speak the language. He didn't major in Asian Studies in college. His knowledge of China has been greatly limited to what I've told him, and I cannot WAIT to see his reactions to this country I've become so familiar with. So many things have become second-nature to me, not even worth a second glance. Men working on powerlines using only a bamboo ladder? Yup, that's China. A child peeing on the street? Totally normal. Honking horns? That's my zen.
Now, I'm getting a chance to re-see this country through Nick's visit. For the first part, we'll be traveling to Kangding in Western Sichuan along with Brenna and James, which we will all be seeing for the first time. Then we'll be coming back to Pengshan for another week, so I can show him around the place I've been living for an entire year.
Updates will follow in the coming few weeks--including interviews with Nick on his thoughts on China. Two days seems impossibly close!
this gon' be good!
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