It's official: we're going to China to teach English for one year.
We've signed the contracts with Anji Shangshu Private High School in Zhejiang province. It's about an hour northwest of the city of Hangzhou, which is apparently a city of 6.5 million people. About 3 hours Northeast is Shanghai, home to a cool 20 million people. Here's a map of the area.
We've also begun learning Chinese. We looked around a little bit and the "Michel Thomas Method" seemed to get the most positive feedback for absolute beginners like us, so it's what we went with. So far it's been surprisingly easy and fun! We also found a free podcast that seems like it'll help a lot too.
We leave Seattle as soon after July 11th as we can, depending on how fast we can get everything stored & squared away here. Then we drive back to Minnesota to spend some time with the Ahlquists (and Howell's) in a cabin on the beautiful North Shore. After that, we drive down to Indy to fly to Grand Cayman with the Atkinsons.
Following that week on the beach, we have about 3 weeks to kill in Indy/Cinci. We want to see everyone before we leave, so let us know if you'll be around (and want to see us).
More to come...
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Do you think you'll really only be there a year? What if you end up having babies in China? Well, technically, I guess you can only have ONE there. :-P
Can't wait to read your adventures!
Oh, and we have your hat.
Wow! That is great! Can't say that we're not sad that you guys are going to be so far away, but we're excited for you both. :) I'm glad we'll have a week in Grand Cayman to hang out before you leave.
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