Cloudy in Beijing Blogging about my time in China

An unbelievably long winter break

One difference between Chinese colleges and American colleges: The winter breaks are much longer.

From the start of January to the end of February I will have no classes to teach. Two months of free-time. Crazy.

I think it's a good idea. Make the winter break longer, in exchange for making the summer break shorter. Both are about two months long. That way students and teachers will be well-rested for the next semester.

I however, am not sure what I'll do with all that time. I haven't even really thought that much about it since teaching has been overwhelming my schedule and thoughts.

Go to Beijing maybe? Go To Shanghai? Go to Taiwan to see family? Maybe go to the west to Tibet or Xinjiang? Or the city of Taiyuan, where the Kan family came from? Maybe just go somewhere warmer.

For now, all I know is that I want to see more of Xi'an. I feel like I still don't know the city that well. And I still haven’t seen the Terracota Warriors.