Day 2!

Breakfast!

Where I live!

To cover up construction, walls of shrubbery like this are put up.

Flower Market, orchids for you mom!

Trying different teas in the market.

Today us girls ventured out to find breakfast and we stumbled upon a bakery.  It had all sorts of breads, sandwiches, sweets.  I bought something that looked like an egg sandwich but it tasted sweet!  Laura, the girl on the left in the photo of us eating breakfast, bought something with bacon on it and said it tasted like a cinnamon roll!  Nothing is what you expect it to taste like here.

After breakfast we met up with the rest of the group and our professor took us to a park.  There are stone paths throughout the park and you're supposed to take your shoes off and walk on the stones.  The Chinese believe that the feet are very important in healing and if you walk along these stones you'll feel more energized.  It was true!  Also, the more healthy you are the lesser it hurts.

Then we went to the markets that are only open on weekends.  These markets are located in the parking garages underneath the freeway.  They're air conditioned (yes!!!) and packed with tons of things to see/purchase.  One of the markets we went to was all flowers and plants.  There were so many unique types of flowers, none that I have ever seen before besides the orchids.

Just resting now 'til dinner.  Tomorrow I take my placement exam and I'm very nervous!