Landed in Seoul, South Korea early in the morning and began the first of many experiences as sheep. Having no idea what was going on, one student would be led by someone in a uniform waving a hand and the entire group of 33 students would follow blindly. Fortunately, everything worked out and we landed in Shanghai just a few hours later! Attempting to fit several months worth of belongings from over 30 people was on a bus was hilarious at best, but after 15 minutes of struggling, we held half of it on our laps and rode to Jiao Tong University’s downtown Shanghai campus, where I will be living for the next 6 weeks.
We were greeted by a family style lunch, including hot rice and luke warm vegetables and chicken (we were running a little later than expected). All told it was a pleasant experience. After settling into our wonderful hotel bedrooms, we again became sheep as we registered for classes and got our student IDs made. From there, some students wandered around the streets, but the spicy food I had for dinner had my stomach a little upset, so I stayed back with three other students, Bailey Lynch from PESC, Mike Brunns from a class my sophomore year, and Nick Bradford who I only know from this trip. We enjoyed a Tsingtao beer through a curly straw (what?!) in the hotel bar downstairs and then I went to bed early.
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