Shanghai

Shanghai
The Smith clan

Friday, August 13, 2010

It's like SHANGHAI hot!!

Okay, I didn't realize I was moving to the equator!  It was 109 degrees F today with no real sign of relief in the coming days.  Even the pool at the hotel must be 90 degrees - its like a nice warm bath.  Anyway, we ventured out once again with our Relocation guide in tow - she must have thought we were crazy - and headed to the phone store to replace one of the phones we bought the day before because it was not working.  Imagine that - you buy a knock off phone for 1/4 the price of the real thing and it doesn't work - unbelievable. ;-)  Regan and I set out before the rest of the crew with our driver, Mr. Dong, and went to Concordia (the boys new school)  Regan had to participate in placement testing for math and language.  He also got a nice preview of the school and was thoroughly impressed.  From Concordia, Mason and I then headed out to Fudan University once again to meet with the International Students Office to make sure we had all of our registration materials together.  We arrived at 11:20 and they had already left for lunch and did not return until 1:30.  We spent the two hours walking the campus, having lunch and sweating - mostly sweating.  The whole gang reunited around 2:30 at Concordia where we had to purchase uniform shirts and gym clothes for the boys. We got back to the hotel around 3:30 and hit the bathtub - I mean swimming pool. We finished the day with another traditional Chinese meal - Subway!

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