(re-post from jenderle.modevia.com)
Well after a week of hot weather in Hangzhou it's only gotten hotter. It was a very hot and humid 99 today. Made me feel right at home, like I was sitting on a mower in Kansas City mow'n the golf course. We took it some what easy today. We setup up our cell phones and went shopping for some supplies we needed, some new bed sheets and a towel, and that sort. The Chinese say Wenling is a small fishing village. How many villages do you know that have blocks upon blocks of clothing stores, and shoe stores? Villages near you have Versace stores? I know Lee's Summit had like 5 of them, so did New Ulm. It sure is a weird mix out here. I started a Wenling album. I took a few pictures early this morning of the view from my back porch, just to give you an idea of the diversity of the city.
It is still amazing the price that things are. Some things, especially food, are dirt cheap, a nice meal of noodles and meat for the equivalent of 1 American dollar. This isn't just a small bowl, this is a bowl I couldn't finish! Most clothes are really cheap too, a nice button down shirt for around 10 bucks.
I found out where I'm teaching. I'm teaching at the Bi-lingual school, off campus. James G and I had no big preference on where we wanted to teach. Part of the reason I'm teaching at the Bi-lingual school is because they want to have a basketball team made up of all the teachers, and I play a lot more basketball than James G. So tonight after eating and looking at the city we stopped at a few stores to see if I could find some basketball shoes. When Uncle Rob told the people working what size I needed, a big laugh usually followed. Sometimes the question, why do you have such big feet? We found one store with bigger shoes than all the others. I tried them on, and they were very close, but a little too crammed, and a little to narrow. The people working there kept telling me I could just not tie the shoe laces all the way tight. The manager of the store said they most likely had the biggest shoes in Wenling. I could try Hangzhou, but chances aren't very big. So I'm just going to get my shoes sent from the states. Have to get a physical tomorrow, make sure I'm not dead or something.
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