Hey guys my laptop is about to run out of battery so I have to make this quick. My charger is in my main luggage which I will get today or tomorrow.
I’m in Dalian, survived the train trip. I guy named “Golden Bridge”- no jokes- who works at ALS picked me up at the station and brought me to a hotel, where I spent the night last night. Today- get this- I have to teach my first class in two hours. No training, no advice, just go, teach. We’ll see how it turns out. Dalian is very nice. Big city, I don’t care what anyone says, bigggg city. I ate chinese food, bao zi and shuar, wandering around the streets yesterday. Very yummy and incredibly cheap. I had basically a full meal for ten yuan, about a dollar fifty.

“Bridge” took me to buy a chinese cell phone, but I have no idea how to use it, because it’s only in characters and I think it’s locked or somethign. I’ll figure it out and send you the number in case of an emergency. But only for an emergency, because it’s expensive to call the US. stick with skype.
okay almost no more battery just letting you guys know that I’m okay. There is internet here at the school -which is very nice- so even if I don’t have it at home I can bring my laptop in every day and use it here.

Very excited but overwhelmed and I’m really not sure how I made it here from Los Angeles.

love

Dana