Day 3- Nanchang

If you look really close, you can probably see sweat dripping down my face, arms, legs, etc. etc. etc. 

Today felt like my first truly Chinese experience! I met a teacher I'll be working closely with as well as her husband and their beautiful daughter. They were venturing into Nanchang to check out some markets and let me tag along. They've been here a month, but from my perspective they seemed like seasoned professionals....I was in awe! Hopefully I picked up on a few tricks here and there, but mostly I just tried to take it all in....and there was A LOT to take in!

Bridge Crossing from an area I can't remember the name of
to Nanchang :) I'm learning!!! 

Theater 

Taking it all in: Babies, for example, don't wear diapers. Nope! In fact, much of the time they wear....nothing at all, except for an occasional smock/apron style thing. So there they were, babies all over the place, naked from the waist down and when they needed to "go potty", they were held over a garbage can, or if they were lucky enough to make it in time, a hole in the ground otherwise known as a toilet. :) I am thinking the Chinese might be onto something here...much more cost effective! Some babies, I suppose the really fortunate ones, got to wear pants with a huge slit right up the back. Easy access, or I suppose easy disposal. I so badly wanted to take a photo of this, but it's not exactly an easy thing to photograph on the go. Perhaps next time I'll be more prepared.

I ate out for the first time since having been here at.....you guessed it! An Indian restaurant. :) The food was excellent and I was happy to know there is a place I can get my hookah fix, as well as a wide assortment of beer and wine from all around the globe. Joking about the hookah, not about the beer and wine. :) It was at this Indian restaurant where I was lucky enough to encounter one of these. I want to say....this is a nice one? I was fortunate today however, and there was 1 stall that had a traditional western toilet in it. Saved...for one more day!

While walking all around Wuxi the cicadas are amazingly loud! Took me by surprise at first, but it's starting to become quite beautiful! Evidently cicadas are captured, "caged up" and sold for good luck. I can't say that I'll be partaking in this Chinese tradition, (I find it a little sad) but it was very cool to see it first hand.