Friendship Inn

 Ducks come in and vacuum while we're away..

 These may seem like strange pictures but I said I wanted to blog about the hotel...so I am.
The name of our hotel is Friendship Inn or 友谊之家. We arrived really late on Saturday night and it was all kind of a blur and overwhelming -our teachers met us in the lobby, which was a nice gesture but most of us had not slept or showered and really all we wanted to do was get upstairs and go to bed!
So once we get upstairs..there are normal things you look for in a hotel when you're American; closet, dresser, iron/ironing board, sometimes a hair dryer, etc. We don't have any of these, the biggest hindrance being the lack of storage space for clothing. Also, I know people don't really want to see a picture of our toilet..but you can see in the picture the door handle which may seem odd. The doors and walls of the shower and bathroom are all glass! There is a pull down blind on one side, and a curtain for the shower, but the front is still open. This is so odd, I don't know why they do this and I think we might buy a curtain or something. Anyway other than that the hotel staff are friendly and we go downstairs and eat complimentary breakfast everyday (the food here is a whole different story ^_^ ) and then cross a huge busy street to get to class. My roommate is Stevie Hope, she is 26, married, and in Army ROTC. She is awesome and does Cross Fit so hopefully she will get me out of this room and working out on the nice days. The weather here is good but hot, and the pollution is pretty bad when it's not raining so it's harder to run outside.

Okay this is a lot of information for now but we are still learning so much every day! I am putting pictures on Facebook for more of a daily update but I want blogs here to be more detailed so they take a little longer.
Have fun in the States everybody and bye for now!