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Saturday, July 23rd: Wow, it’s already the 23rd! My Summer is going by so fast. My sister and I, in the morning, decided to go to this famous bookstore that I wanted to check out. She told me she often goes there with her friends, so we decided to go this morning at about 9 am because we were both free in the morning. We took the bus there; it took about 20 minutes? The book store was soooo big and it was so gorgeous. I’d seen it in photos but it was way cooler in person. The bookstore is in this old underground parking garage. The owners rebuilt and remodeled it, so it’s really pretty inside. There are so many books of all genres, and they are all in Chinese. I bought “The Fables of Love and Death” by Oscar Wilde (for about 3 dollars USD) in Chinese because it was fun to read even though it was hard. We spent around 2 hours there reading books and looking around. I also bought this really nice book bag for 38 yuan, which I was debating whether or not to buy. But then I realized that that is around 5 dollars USD, so I bought it. I also bought some things for the family. After, we rode the bus back home for lunch, and I planned to leave right after lunch because I had to go to see a movie at the University for class. But, it turns out it was cancelled. There was no service in the underground bookstore, so I wasn’t able to get everyone’s calls. I eventually got them when I got home, so I got the message and didn’t go to the movie. Some of my NSLI-Y friends went to see Despicable Me 3, but the movie started at 12:50 and it was already 12:45 when I got home, so I decided to stay at home and hang with my sister. I pretty much relaxed and worked on my presentation for a few hours. My old host mom asked if my family wanted to go swimming that night, but it was already late (like 5ish) and my old host mom still wasn’t home from work. Also, Justin invited my sister and I to hike with his family at 紫金山 at 7 and I really wanted to go with him because I really wanted to see the sunset, so I called my old host mom and told her I couldn’t go that night. I felt really bad about cancelling plans on her, though. But, timing didn’t work out, and we could always reschedule swimming. Also, my current host mom and my younger sister weren’t sure what we were going to do about dinner if we went swimming, and they thought it was really hot outside, so I don’t think they really wanted to go either. We decided to go another night. For dinner, my dad made this really good noodle dish with stew. We’ve had it before and I love it! We ate in the bedroom because it was cooler in there (there’s no air conditioning in the kitchen/bathroom). As we were eating, we watched the Chinese version of “Wipeout” and also watched some boxing on TV, where my Dad asked me a few questions about boxing in America. After dinner, my sister and I went walking up 紫金山 with Justin and his family. The sunset was so gorgeous. That night was one of the best nights here in Nanjing. The weather was perfect, it was good company, and it was overall a 10/10 night. We climbed to this lookout point, and got to see the whole city lit up at night. Studying abroad is amazing. As we were walking back in the pitch black, Justin, his older host brother and I decided that we would wake up early the next morning to watch the sunrise. We all decided that we would meet at the middle school at 4:30 am the next morning. I quickly got home and fell asleep early.
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Andrea 施安雅17-year-old XC runner and boba tea lover living in Seattle but studying abroad in China. Also, I have a cat! Archives
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