June 20th & 21st: The Weekend!

On Saturday, we divided into teams and had a photo scavenger hunt about Chinese culture around Beijing. Tasks included: participating in an outdoor group activity with Chinese people, purchasing something using at least 4 words of Mandarin, a picture of the "best balancing act", and lots of other assignments. The winning pictures will be posted on the blog shortly.

On Sunday, we had a long day of R & R. We started out in the morning with a cruise of the Hai river.




From the boat, we got a great view of all the different neighborhoods of Tianjin.



Afterward, we had an afternoon full of shopping for souvenirs at several traditional Chinese areas.



One of the favorites was "Cultural street", a very old neighborhood where the city of Tianjin first started.



One of the most popular items was tea sets! Nearly eveyone bought one by the end of the day. We've all bought so much stuff that now we are going to have to buy new lugguage!