Category: China

Posts from my time in China in the year 2011. I worked there as a trainee at Qingchuan Vocational Highschool (青川县职业高级中学) in Sichuan (四川省). My job was to teach the students oral English and to improve their social skills. For that I taught ten different classes per week and I had to prepare the lessons completely on my own.

The office & learning English

3 Mar 2011  China  Qingchuan Vocational School

I have my own office now, that I share with my colleague Jochen!

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First day at school

28 Feb 2011  China  Qingchuan Vocational School

I have Internet Access at my dormitory now!

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Way to Qingchuan

27 Feb 2011  China  Qingchuan Vocational School

We took the train to Chengdu, it was the fast one, which brought us in 15 hours nearly 2000 km to the west of China. The cabin was surprisingly comfortable. But I couldn’t find much sleep anyway. Our “cabin mates” turned out to be very friendly to us. When we finally arrived in Chengdu Maria’s […]

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Yonghe Temple, Temple of Confucius & Wangfujing

25 Feb 2011  China  Beijing

Very spiritual sightseeing today: at first we visited a buddhist temple, then we explored the Temple of Confucius. After that, delicious food.

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Mu Tian Yu Lu

24 Feb 2011  China  The Great Wall

One of the Wonders of the World, and it has truly impressed me.

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Tian‘Anmen

23 Feb 2011  China  Tian‘Anmen

The Forbidden City was very impressive; a whole city within the city. Huge squares and enormous halls for the emperor.

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