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Hi you, unfortunately I can't access blogger.com very often, so I launched a webside!!!

Hi ihr alle, leider kann ich nur noch sehr selten auf diesen Blog zugreifen, deswegen habe ich jetzt eine WEBSIDE!!!!

www.leavalentinefrieda.wg.vu

Schaut euch einfach das an, da sind neue Fotos!

Love <3

September, the 23rd

Hi Leute,

also heute geht es mal um eines meiner Lieblingsthemen: ESSEN!

Hier koennt ihr die beruehmten Gansuer Nudeln sehen... sind weisser und etwas groesser als die italienischen, die wir gewohnt sind :) Die Leute hier tragen sie einfach unterm Arm durch die Gegend.

Im Supermarkt gibt es ausserdem eine reichhaltige und interessante Gemuese- und Obsttheke. Im Bild koennt ihr (wenn ihr genau hinseht) folgendes entdecken:
Lotusstangen, viele Arten von Pilzen, gekochte Nudeln in Plastiktueten (???), Tangplatten (so wuerde ich das jedenfalls beschreiben:), Kuerbisbaellchen (sehr lecker!), Tintenfisch (oder sowas) und Suppengemuese (das kennt ihr von daheim, oder?:)

Ach ja, Gansu ist zwar nicht so die Reisprovinz (ihr wisst schon, die nudeln:), aber trotzdem gibt es viel guten Reis! Man hat eine schoene Auswahl, der kleinste Sack wiegt 5 kg...ist aber auch gut so:)

September 20th, bike trip!!!

On Saturday we went on a little bike trip outside of Zhangye city.
Pretty fast there were many fields and less houses which was very nice.
So we made a break, ate our sandwiches and enjoyed the quietness:)
We sat next to a road, so everytime a car or motorbike passed the stared at us like we were aliens. Next to all these corn fields surly a possibility...=)
However, we get used to it and just keep smiling...

In the pictures, you can see my bike, the long straight road (just like in the US), a sheep (we weren't quite sure if it was dead or alive) and a man you watches over his sheep... this time we had no doubt: they were alive!

September, the 17th

Um Recycling kuemmern wir uns zum Beispiel garnicht... es gibt einen Muelltunnel in unserem Haus und in die Roehre wirft man einfach ALLES rein. Sowas wollte ich schon immer!!! (Also den Tunnel, nicht das "Nicht-Muelltrennen"!)
Aber ist doch schoen, dass die zumindest die Theorie auf dem richtigen Weg ist... und das alles, because we "love our homeland" ;)






Das ist sozusagen das Wahrzeichen unserer kleinen Stadt...bei Nacht ist es wunderschoen beleuchtet...











Gemuese kriegt man hier im Supermarkt oder am Strassenrand. Die Bauern aus der Umgebung verkaufen hier Suesskartoffeln, Mais, Lauch, ... alles moegliche, auch Melonen! Allerdings weiss ich nicht, ob sie die wirklich selber angebaut haben...:)

September, the early 17th :)

I thought maybe I should post a picture with me on it once in a while. Just to let you know that I still look the same =)
This is Lena and me in front of our school.

September 16th... new guitar!!!

Today I got the package from my mum! We were on our way to the street to catch a taxi when the gate keeper gave it to me:) Now I've got lots of German herb tea and new guitar strings.
Today we observed an oral English class from another Amity teacher (Rae) and afterwards... i finally bought my guitar! So the timing was perfect... I just have to figure out if it is possible to change the strings without destroying the guitar...:)









My guitar is "lovely" and "lucky". Chinese-English expressions are -let's say- interesting...:) You should see some of the t-shirts here or our water cups. "How re you".







Just enjoy these "kitschy" details ;)








As you might have figured, this is the back of the guitar!

September , the 12th

On Thursday was national Teacher's Day... we went to a restaurant with all the English teachers to have a very, very big and delicious lunch! The afternoon was free for teachers and students which was nice... and we needed it to recover from overeating :)
Here are some of the dishes:




"corn bread". sprinkled with colored sugar.







seasonal vegetables. sweet potatoes. carrots. corn. something like peas.









fish. dead. didn't smile for the picture though.












wow, just now happened something crazy. It knocked at the door, so I opened and there were standing two girls. I thought, well maybe some of Lena's co teachers... But it turned out, they were two of my students. of course I didn't remember them.
They came to ask me if i can give them extra lessons on the weekend. what?! nein, vielleicht?!?! Even after finding several reasonable explanations (need time for staying in touch with the family, would be unfair considering the other 1200 students...) why I wasn't able to spend time with them they still stood there... and then i remembered that i wanted to buy sport shoes:) So i will practise with them tomorrow on our way to the sports store...