On this exact day I was sitting in the Newark, New Jersey airport with all 20 or so students getting ready to depart on our long thirteen and a half plane ride to China. We woke up this morning to meet at the Burlington VT airport around 4:00AM and took a connecting flight to New Jersey. Throughout the trip we are flying Continental Airlines. We have a three-hour layover in New Jersey before we board our plane. The first flight was only an hour because we were flying Burlington to New Jersey this 13 and a half hour flight will be insane!
In this airport waiting for the plane to board I remember thinking how nervous but excited I was for my upcoming adventure. I had no idea what to expect or if I was even going to enjoy the trip. I am not a very outgoing person at first so I was a little afraid I wasn’t going to click with our other classmates or wasn’t going to like any of the food. Pathetically those were my two main worries. I was, by a lot, forcing myself out of my comfort zone. I knew I should push myself and experiment other things, hence why I took this class.
In my journal that I wrote in throughout the trip, I wrote about what I assumed would happen when I got off the plane.
1)Culture shock
2)An overwhelming amount of people surrounding me
3)Being confused on where to go
4)Jetlagged
5)Not understanding a word of what is said around me
6)The Chinese will probably talk insanely fast
Before I get into the details of my trip, I truly believe this trip was not only GREAT for me to do, but it changed my life and perspectives about the outside world. It helped me not only learn a lot of the Chinese culture but a lot about myself as well. Everything we did was completely new to me, the food, the family lifestyles, the education, the clothing, the hospitality, the money etc. Right about now you, the reader is going to hear all about my adventures in China! Mojo a go go!
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