Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Movie
August 16, 2016

Movie

Through our 6 weeks in 厦门,北京,and 上海, you could always find Skylar and I filming our activities. We used all the videos we took and back a 15 minute long video to remember and represent our NSLI-Y summer trip. Please check it out on YouTube! Hope you enjoy! ...

Sunday, August 14, 2016

再见
August 14, 2016

再见

The day had finally come that all 32 of us had been dreading, the day the 厦门 2016 NSLI-Y Summer Program came to an end. Before coming to the trip, I expected it to be boring and non-exciting. I expected the other people to be weird and nerdy. I expected to do nothing adventurous. But throughout the last 6 weeks, I have met some of the most inspiring, intelligent, and interesting...

Friday, August 12, 2016

上海 Day 3
August 12, 2016

上海 Day 3

For our last day in 上海 and China, we went to the Jade Buddha Temple and a few museums. It wasn't the most exciting day, but it wasn't too busy and tiring. After breakfast, we went to the Jade Buddha Temple which is right smack in the middle of downtown 上海. One minute you are surrounded by skyscrapers and the next, you are in front of an ancient temple. That's what I love about...

Thursday, August 11, 2016

上海 Day 2
August 11, 2016

上海 Day 2

For our second day in 上海, we went to the famous Pearl Tower. Although it wasn't in our original program schedule, our director bought us all tickets to go up in the Pearl Tower to see the beautiful city of 上海 from the sky. The Pearl Tower is the 3rd tallest building in 上海, after the Shanghai Tower and World Finance Center. It stands at 468 meters high and was built in 1994.  Surprisingly,...

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

上海 Day 1
August 10, 2016

上海 Day 1

Today was our first full day in the beautiful city of 上海. The hotel we were staying at, Regal Hotel, had a rating of 6 stars. Right? I didn't even know that was possible. This hotel was so nice and so fancy. But since it was so nice, they over charged you for everything. Even the WiFi was 3 元 per minutes, but since we were a group, we got it for free. The breakfast in the hotel...

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

北京/上海
August 09, 2016

北京/上海

Today was our last day in 北京 but also our first day in 上海. In the morning, our director 陈老师 invited a famous Chinese screenwriter to talk to us. Before the question-answer session, we watched one of his famous movies, Fearless. It was a very interesting and action packed movie. Would 100% recommend. After the movie we had a "lecture" that was divided into 3 parts: him talking...

Monday, August 8, 2016

北京 Day 3
August 08, 2016

北京 Day 3

Today was our last full day in 北京. We spent the entire morning sightseeing Tienanmen Square and the Forbidden Palace. Although the heat was unbearable, it was a wonderful experience. We woke up at 8, and left at 9. We arrived at the tourist entrance to Tienanmen Square around 10. What is interesting, is that all public places, including transportation vehicles (buses, trains,...

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