It's been a long day. And I'm ready for it to be over.
We woke up early this morning, and ate some of the all you can eat breakfast here at the hotel. I would put the quality somewhere between Panda Express and Beto's - really nice. We decided it wasn't worth eating (even if it is free) and went outside to get something to eat.
After breakfast and getting ready for the day we headed out to find an apartment. We were using the internet machine to find places, and were planning on going to a coffee shop near campus to use the free internets and call some of the numbers we found. Only problem is the coffee shops here don't open till 10 AM. Because people don't want to drink anything with caffeine early in the morning. It doesn't make any sense to me either.
We went to a bunch of realty agencies and looked at a lot of apartments. We spent most of the day convincing people that we knew what we were doing (contrary to popular belief I am not as stupid as I sometimes act), and reiterating to them that just because we are white we aren't rich and that we weren't going to double what Chinese people would pay for an apartment.
The best quotes of the day:
- OK, we found you an apartment that I'm sure you'll love, but I have a question. How think of blankets do you have?
-Why is it going to be cold?
-No, the apartment doesn't have any beds and the landlord recommended that you sleep on thick quilts instead.
also
-I've found a great apartment, but you don't mind that the bathroom is outside, do you?
-Is it a shared bathroom?
-No, it's your private bathroom, it's just outside, and doesn't have plumbing?
-So... like an outhouse?
-Yes.
-Why would you....
-Well China used to be really poor and people used to be a little crazy so they built their bathrooms outside so they could...
-I know why you'd have an outhouse, I wanted to know why you would even offer an apartment with an outhouse.
In the end though, we were successful, and we were proud. 4 months in an apartment which is half a block from campus was a little pricey, but we got it at a cool 1000 RMB ($146.39 US) a month. Oh, I forgot to mention that our apartment is huge - 96 sq. meters (3500 sq. feet!) and comes fully stocked with furniture. We found another apartment that was even nicer but it was another 10 to 15 minute walk to campus. It had TV's in every room.
After finding our apartment we headed back to the hotel, met up with our 'advisor' (a term to be used loosely, we found out today how little he cared about what we do while we are here). And came back to chill at the hotel. I'm hoping we'll be moved in to our apartment by tomorrow.
We woke up early this morning, and ate some of the all you can eat breakfast here at the hotel. I would put the quality somewhere between Panda Express and Beto's - really nice. We decided it wasn't worth eating (even if it is free) and went outside to get something to eat.
After breakfast and getting ready for the day we headed out to find an apartment. We were using the internet machine to find places, and were planning on going to a coffee shop near campus to use the free internets and call some of the numbers we found. Only problem is the coffee shops here don't open till 10 AM. Because people don't want to drink anything with caffeine early in the morning. It doesn't make any sense to me either.
We went to a bunch of realty agencies and looked at a lot of apartments. We spent most of the day convincing people that we knew what we were doing (contrary to popular belief I am not as stupid as I sometimes act), and reiterating to them that just because we are white we aren't rich and that we weren't going to double what Chinese people would pay for an apartment.
The best quotes of the day:
- OK, we found you an apartment that I'm sure you'll love, but I have a question. How think of blankets do you have?
-Why is it going to be cold?
-No, the apartment doesn't have any beds and the landlord recommended that you sleep on thick quilts instead.
also
-I've found a great apartment, but you don't mind that the bathroom is outside, do you?
-Is it a shared bathroom?
-No, it's your private bathroom, it's just outside, and doesn't have plumbing?
-So... like an outhouse?
-Yes.
-Why would you....
-Well China used to be really poor and people used to be a little crazy so they built their bathrooms outside so they could...
-I know why you'd have an outhouse, I wanted to know why you would even offer an apartment with an outhouse.
In the end though, we were successful, and we were proud. 4 months in an apartment which is half a block from campus was a little pricey, but we got it at a cool 1000 RMB ($146.39 US) a month. Oh, I forgot to mention that our apartment is huge - 96 sq. meters (3500 sq. feet!) and comes fully stocked with furniture. We found another apartment that was even nicer but it was another 10 to 15 minute walk to campus. It had TV's in every room.
After finding our apartment we headed back to the hotel, met up with our 'advisor' (a term to be used loosely, we found out today how little he cared about what we do while we are here). And came back to chill at the hotel. I'm hoping we'll be moved in to our apartment by tomorrow.
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