June 8th & 9th: First Days in Tianjin

We headed out early on the 8th, and 2 hours later we stepped off of our bus and onto the
campus of Tianjin Normal University (TNU). We moved into our new home for the next three
weeks--the 9th floor of international hotel on campus. Many international students live
at the hotel, and we have met many people from all over the world. The hotel as a
restaurant, clothes washing machine, and a small store.

In the afternoon, the university welcomed us with a formal Opening Ceremony, where we
were greeted by the Deans of several of the colleges at TNU. Afterwards we went to dinner
with some of the officials and representatives of the university.

On June 9th, we got our first taste of interacting in Chinese classrooms.

TNU invited us to meet with two of their classes. Our students really hit it off! We
ended up staying later than we had planned, and some TNU students even cut class to
continue our conversations!





We also used this time to get some feedback on our modules that we would be presenting to
middle and high school students in the following days. They were very enthusiastic! We
taught them Uno, some American songs and some Western dance moves, including the Cupid
Shuffle!





Afterwards, we took a group photo before saying our farewells.