Shanghai Day 2

The first thing that we did was to visit a Chinese School with students around our age (16-19). Seeing as we have a deaf school in our group, they went to visit a deaf school which I thought was neat. While we were at the school, we were able to talk to the students and ask them some questions. Most of the students were shy, but once you started talking to them they opened up more and were more outgoing and talkative. Alex, Wes, and Amanda got phone numbers from some of the students so that they will be able to keep in touch once this trip is over. After the school, we visited the Jade Buddha Temple. Sadly, we could not take photos of the Jade Buddha because it is sacred to the people of China. After seeing the Buddha we were allowed some time to shop around. Some of us bought paper cuts, others brought jewelery, fans, or statues. Our next stop was lunch at the “Chinatown of China”. Once there we broke into our groups and Mrs. Archer, Mr. Chimento, Alex, Wes, Kym, Ande, Olivia and I went to McDonalds then Dairy Queen. After lunch we were once more allowed to shop around, then as a group we visited the Yu Garden, where learned about the history of the garden. After the Garden we went to dinner. Seeing as this was our last night with Helen as our tour guide, we decided to give her a card and all the books we brought for when we got back to the hotel. While we were saying so log, Mr. Chimento sang a song for Helen and Mrs. Archer, Kym, and I started crying, and then Helen started crying too. It was so hard to have to say goodbye to Helen after being with her for a whole week. But as Mr. Chimento stated, we weren't saying goodbye. We were just saying so long, until we have the opportunity to visit again. (Mikayla