back in business!

So it seems that the blog comes up on university computers, so comment away! It's nice to see my blog again, after a few weeks! I'm now living at Peking University, and Mom and Dad and Felice are leaving for their flight back to the US right about now. I'll miss them, but it's nice to get started with the program. The program puts us up on campus, in a campus hotel that's pretty much a dorm, but with laundry and maid service. The room comes standard with teacups and a hot water pitcher, and we're just down the hall from the boiling water room. Luckily, I came prepared with packets and packets of my favorite, jasmine tea. We have orientation today and I just took my placement exam, which seemed to go fine.

To update a bit, yesterday we went to the Forbidden City, which was amazing, and also to a Buddhist vegetarian restaurant for Felice's birthday--she's 19 now!--where I had the best tasting chicken of my life, even though it was actually tofu. Elena, you would love this restaurant.

Hmm, I'm already running out of steam for writing this, as we had to get up fiendishly early to take the test. I also want to see if anyone is back from the test yet (I finished early) and meet some new people. The people seem to be Ron's favorite part about his trip, so I need to make a special effort to get some new friends. I promise I'll write more. I thought I was censored, so I could write anything I wanted, but now I may keep my ideas to myself, so I can keep accessing my blog! Bye, and I hope everyone's doing well!