Hello Blog

My deepest apologies to anyone who has recently come to visit my blog and has been disappointed by my lack of dedication to daily posts. This past week has been full of adventure and work, with very little time to post. I've got a lot to fill all of you in on, that's for sure. Beijing was an incredible trip. I wouldn't call it much of a vacation, as I often stayed up late getting things done for work, but we had a great time. More to come on that soon.

For now, I'd like to tell you about things that you're not allowed to do in Beijing (things we learned from this sign on the side of the street near our hostel):

1. No riding motorcycles,
2. No carrying flowers in your hand,
3. No sitting on boxes,
4. No taxis are allowed to drive around without a person in the driver's seat,
5. No standing straight up,
6. No trumpet playing,
7. No skiing, especially in the summer,
8. No dancing on balls,
9. No rifles,
10. No dogs on a leash,
11. No putting 10 or more street signs on one pole,
12. and lastly, no camp fires on the sidewalk

Now that everyone is clear on what you cannot do in Beijing, I will have some posts up very soon about my experience seeing the city!

Just 10 days left here in China (really, just 6 days left in China, and 4 days in S.Korea). I'm starting to get pretty excited to come back to the U.S. There are a ton of things that I look forward to leaving behind here in Shanghai...I'll make a post about those in the near future ;-)

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PMM