Wednesday May 27, 2009Hello loved ones and friends and welcome to my blog! I will be keeping this blog as an online journal for everybody to view throughout my summer study abroad trip to CHINA. I will be taking my computer overseas but of course communication will be minimal, so this is a perfect way for everyone to read my adventures and see photos that I will be posting.
Today I am departing from Houston at 5:50pm and arriving in Los Angeles at 7:30pm. There is a long layover and will be departing from Los Angeles at 1:40am and will arrive in Beijing at 5:20am. Oh its not over yet! Finally I will depart from Beijing at 8:05am and will arrive in Qingdao at 9:30am which at this point it will be May 29.
I will be staying at Ocean University in Qingdao, China for a 10 week Texas A&M faculty led study abroad program. For those of you that do not know, Qingdao is is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city is a major seaport, naval base and industrial center and the city also held the 2008 Olympics sailing events. The picture at the top is the city where I will be staying and there is also a map to show where Qingdao is. Well, it is time for me to head off to Houston now...next posting will be in a few days once I get my computer set up in my dorm room!
