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June 2004Here is a great link for info about China Visa for anyone thinking about a visit: http://www.asststork.com/pages/consulate.html#n_cal Yanti's Chinese teacher (Handsome Huang) took us for a visit to the beautiful city of Suzhou. It is a much larger city than Nantong with an extensive shopping area. The highlight of the trip though, was a visit to a silk museum! I had no idea! These little 'worms' eat leaves and then 'weave' a cocoon that is eventually spun into silk! Who knew! We learned that depending upon what they ate will determine the type of silk produced. Here's a page I put together with a few photos of the process. Note the size of the 'worm'! Well we're all ready for our move to Shanghai. This week is my last week of classes here at Nantong Middle School No.1! And yes, I'm a little sad. Yanti and I have made so many friends here that it is tough to consider losing them. However, our new apartment in Shanghai will have 2 full bedrooms so we have invited many to come visit. After all it's only about a 2 hour ferry ride or a 3 hour bus ride! Wednesday the school is putting on a huge banquet luncheon for Yanti & I! We'll get a chance to formally thank everyone here for making us feel so at home and welcome. It has truly been a great experience. But, onto newer and different experiences in the incredible city of Shanghai! We'll be living about 15 minutes from where I'll be working. (3 Metro stops). My school is located in the JinMao Tower which holds the Shanghai Grand Hyatt and is over 90 stories tall. Yanti and I had drinks there when we visited on her birthday! It's also very close to Carrefour, which is like Costco in the US, so you know how happy that makes me :-)
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