Unfortunately, Erin and I only have around 20 days left here in China. It seems like just now that things are getting more manageable, we have to leave. Oh well, I guess that's how it goes. It seems crazy that I go back to America so soon...of course it seems like only yesterday that I got here, but I guess time flies.
This week is my last week of real class before finals start up. Next week is all review, but the week after that are finals. Craziness...then on June 1st, we fly back to America. Back to American food. Back to the lack of stares on the streets. Back to my own car. Haha, China's been great and I am excited to come back in the future, but at this point, I'm sort of ready to be back in America.
Yesterday, I had a bit of an altercation with a cab driver, haha. From 4 PM to about 5 PM, all cab drivers in Hangzhou are switching shifts meaning that the ones on the street are driving home while new ones come to replace them. It's the stupidest, most inane system ever, because during prime rush hour traffic, there are absolutely no cabs to take you where you want to go. Yesterday, I was trying to get to a barbecue at a local wine cellar, but couldn't find a cab. I asked around 16 cabs in the 35 minutes that I stood on the side of the road, and not one of them would take me there. Super annoying, but it turned out alright. Got Subway for dinner instead, which was really good.
Anyway, I'm about to watch some movies that we bought at a fake DVD store near West Lake. They're all 10 kuai (about $1.50 US) a piece, so I bought 10. Ridiculously priced, and so far, the quality has been excellent in all of them. I'll probably go back again before I come back to America. I was surprised because they had new movies and even some older black and white movies with the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Marlon Brando. Definitely a cool place.
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