Still crazy hot here, but I can’t believe it’s only Tuesday.  Today is our last day of new teacher orientation.  Tomorrow all the staff comes back.  I”m looking forward to this, because it will be nice to meet the team.  Last night we went to a popular area of Shanghai that has a ton of restaurants catered to Westerners, as well as, Shanghai’s famous pearl market (I’ll be checking that out later).   We went to Mexico Lindo, which on Monday has 50% off all food and 2 for 1 deals on pitchers of Margaritas.   Let’s just say, everyone had a good time!   Last night was the 1st time that both Jason and I took the subway and like everyone says, it’s so easy, and surprisingly clean!

Today is dedicated to classroom time.  I may venture out and pick up some pots and pans I found on Craig’s list, problem is I have no idea how to find this lady’s apartment!   Also today, our Ayi (Auntie)  starts!  She will be coming 2x a week to clean, do laundry, and help out!  I know this sounds a little over the top, but it’s almost expected of us since we both are earning a living.  It’s our way to help people out.  And hey, I won’t complain about not having to do the laundry!

It’s sad to think how much we rely on the Internet! But either way its awesome and we finally got it installed! We even have TV, but of course all the buttons are in Chinese and I’m terrified to push a button. Anyways, below is the blog I prepared about our flight to Shanghai, LAST WEEK! Time flies!

We Arrived to Hot Hot China! And it was SO much easier than expected! Our last flight from Seoul to Shanghai was delayed but with the hour time difference we still made it in decent time! Our first step was immigration/customs, and for some reason I was the most worried about this part! Thankfully it was easy, almost too easy! Immigration/quarantine was as simple showing our passports and looking into a camera! Done! Jason got stuck behind a family and had to wait a bit longer, so during that time I went to find our luggage! After I lifted 5 60 plus lbs bags into a row, Jason arrive and we loaded all of it onto two carts! Thats right folks, ALL of our luggage arrived! Next stop customs! Customs had 2 lines, and all we had to do was walk through, no check of luggage, no questions, simple and we were home free!

After walking by Chinese men asking us if we needed a hotel or a taxi, we found our pick up who was the High School principal and off we went to find our new apartment!

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Quick update! We arrived with no problems! Our apartment is awesome and we are using wifi at a neat bakery! More to come later, hopefully we will have our phones working later! It’s very hot….so hot! First day of work tomorrow!