Posts Tagged ‘moving’
Moving to Wai Yuan … Goodbye Gao Xin!
As I mentioned before, Ruhi and I decided to move to the XISU (Wai Yuan) campus since she is going to school there and I will be teaching there. They set us up with a great Teacher apartment right on campus and so, since Ruhi was in Beijing for the month of July, it was on me to make sure we were able to have a smooth transition from our old apartment in Gao Xin to our new apartment on the Wai Yuan campus.
And for the most part everything went quite smoothly. We were able to locate a new renter for our apartment in Gao Xin and thanks to Ruhi via telephone from Beijing and a Chinese friend or two in Xi’an, we arranged for movers to come and take care of everything and get it in to our new apartment in just a matter of a few hours.
I wanted to share a couple pictures of our moving process. First here is a picture of most of our boxes all ready for the movers. This was taken on July 5, but I’m proud to say that by the time the movers showed up on July 13, I was all packed up and ready for them well in advance of their arrival. No last minute scrambling for me!
And here are some pictures from our new apartment at XISU. Obviously there is some serious unpacking to be done when we return from our trip to the U.S. at the end of summer!
During the last few days in Gao Xin I also took it upon myself to frequent some of our favorite hang-outs and say goodbye to the folks in the area. First up are some photos I took at the Shanxi Dumpling and Noodle restaurant that we would frequently visit. I actually have some really great video footage from this place that I will hopefully be able to put up in the future, but for now here are just a few photos so you can get the idea. The first two were taken in May and the rest were taken on July 13.
And finally here are some photos from our favorite Kao Ro place, run by Lao Sun from Shandong – a real stand-up guy who always treated us very nicely. I tried to be a bit more artistic with these so I hope you enjoy them.
I’m actually writing this blog from Beijing, where I’ve been for the last few days and will be until the 26th of July. I’ll post up some of the photos I’ve taken here once I head off the U.S., but first here is a teaser image:

