Hong Kong!

So, this isn't super long or detailed, because I want to see Hong Kong, after all, but I realize that it will probably work better if I can write on a blog instead of emailing everyone every time something cool happens.  I'll fill up your inboxes that way.


Soo.... let's see.  Obviously, we're all in Hong Kong -- 15 students, our program director and his wife, and the program assistant (who is like a combo TA/RA).  It was a long flight, but fortunately that part is done... until it's time to go home.  Gak.


I emailed my one professor a short list of what we've done and then realized that I forgot a few key points on it... so here it is, without much further explanation.  Feel free to google stuff, or to post and ask questions, which I will try to answer.  At some point.  Maybe after I'm home.

airport in HK (beautiful airport...)

YMCA camp in Ma On Shan (so a bus ride there)

MTR to Kowloon (a train very much like the DC metro, Kowloon is the huge downtown...)

getting lost in the markets there (but not too badly)

exchanging money

wandering into the art museum (which I want to check out further on our "free day", aka Saturday...)

checking out iCenter

buying dinner in the Sun City Plaza (which meant experiencing the Wet Market -- I so totally felt back in Jerusalem!)

classes

finding the library

playing card games

trying to unpack in housing sort of similar to the kibbutz in Israel, only more of us and less dresser space

Um... I feel like those are the main things we've done since getting here.  It's pretty intense.  The languages in Hong Kong are English (very handy) and Cantonese (not at all handy, since I don't speak it!) which uses Chinese characters (somewhat handy) -- but the traditional ones (again, less handy).  Anyway.  It's been fun!  

I have not eaten anything extremely crazy yet, sorry if this disappoints anyone too badly.  I am getting plenty of practice using chopsticks (even to pick up slippery green leafy stuff -- the chopsticks are, of course, attracted to trying to pick up the piece on the bottom of the pile, which does NOT work so well... oh well!)

I got to sleep for about 12 hours last night... which was awesome!  And pretty good for getting me un-jetlagged!

The girls in the program have somehow already heard about Dag.  They want pictures.  It came up because we were discussing my sandals.  Yeah... enough said, I think.

Hmm... let's see.  Hong Kong really reminds me of a mixture of Jerusalem and DC, with the ocean thrown in.  :)

Time difference between here and home is 12 hours.  So I didn't bother to reset my watch (*cough* I can't figure out how!) because I'm lazy like that.

I think that's about it for now.  Feel free to leave comments/email/whatever!