I loved the country when we traveled to meet Elise. But I was a bit pre-occupied caring for my baby who wanted nothing to do with me. Plus we traveled during SARS so we did very little sightseeing. My favorite activity was just wandering the streets outside the hotel in Nanchang.
Last summer I was fortunate enough to travel to China for work. I've been involved in a program that brings Chinese faculty to the US for an immersion experience as a visiting scholar. I love getting to know a new group of visiting Chinese scholars each fall semester. This is truly one of the highlights of my job!!!
I did learn to just taste everything put in front of you and not ask any questions. I discovered I really liked spicy tofu.
And here I am with my colleagues and the top educational officials in Gansu province. Squellll....this was soooo unreal!
Chinese students at one of the universities we visited studying hard.
My colleagues and a group of past and future visiting scholars. They treat us with such respect and honor when in fact they deserve all the respect and honor. Imagine leaving your family for 5 months to live and study in another country.
Have I mentioned the food?!? Beef noodles are the specialty in Gansu so we started one day with beef noodles for breakfast!. Yummy!
And so much revolves around the meals. The food goes in the middle and rotates around. Everyone takes what they want from the middle onto their own plate. And the food just keeps coming and coming.
I've found the people of China to be hardworking and fun loving individuals. I had no idea that adopting a child would mean I'd embrace and come to love a whole new culture in the process. I'm so proud of my daughter's Chinese heritage and hope she feels that same pride in her birth country.
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