Wuhan

This post is about my actual trip while I was in Wuhan. As I said before I stayed with my teacher at her home and really got to know how she lived and got to know her family. She was an excellent host I do not think I was ever hungry or wanted for anything the entire time I was there. The food was maginificent. I loved almost everything that we ate and I actually developed a taste for Tofu while I was there which is weird because I never thought I would ever like that stuff. Where do I begin the first day was packed with activities we visited a beautiful area called East Lake which was crowded because of the holiday but also a lot of fun. We took a paddle boat out on the lake and did a little sightseeing that way which was a lot of fun. The next place we went was a famous buddhist temple called Guiyuan temple which is one of the holiest buddhist temples. It was really beautiful I understand that it is kind of rare place for the area because it survived mainly intact through the cultural revolution. The next place that we went I feel really showed me the scope and the personality of Wuhan. We went to there most famous walking street which is basically and outside mall. The amount of people there was staggering I know that I say this alot but it truly is amazing. I have some pictures that almost grasp the number but not quite I have never seen that many people in one area unless it was a music concert or sporting evernt or something of that nature not just mall. The place that we ate at that night was one of the coolest places I have been to in China. It is a street in downtown that basically has huge outside restaurants. These are loud places with people talking and street vendors selling things and musicians going around to different tables asking if they could play a song for someone. The food here was excellent and the atmosphere was one of a kind. I really enjoyed it.