I’m sorry about the delays in updating. Last week was an interesting time. On Monday the 14th, a delegation came from Regina. There were 3 people from University of Regina, and 3 more people from the City of Regina. It was interesting to be in a meeting to be meeting the mayor of Regina in Jinan, China! I thought it was funny and laughed in my head. I uploaded some pictures from the visit. Also, to my surprise, on Tuesday afternoon, we went touring with the delegation. They visited Jinan University. I thought this was really neat. We went to the University to listen to the mayor speak for an hour about Regina to the students. After this, we left the classroom and went outside where the students got to ask questions. I thought it was really interesting the questions they were asking. The most common questions were, “what are you doing in China”, “how long have you been in China”, “what are some things that are different in China that in Regina”. They all seemed very surprised and excited to see us. Also, we got to goto a meeting between the Mayor of Regina and the president of the Jinan University. This was the first time I had been to a meeting that required the use of interpreters. I also uploaded some pictures of a model they had of the Jinan University. There was a lot of construction going on here. After this we had a really good meal but we didn’t get to eat with the delegation. We ate with some other people. It was really really good food!

After this eventful day, not a lot happend. So it has been a couple weeks of more working now. I finally decided to update since today should be a holiday. At least it is a holiday in Canada 🙂 I don’t mind working on Good Friday though. I am thinking that spring is here in Jinan for sure. The weather always seems to be quite nice out. Although there will occassionally be a cool breeze. I am enjoying the lack of snow and ice that I keep hearing about on the news and weather reports for Regina. I have uploaded some pictures of some spring flowers that just came out into bloom. I think that the trees should be leafing out soon since they look like they are budding. People in the office say that Jinan has a short spring so that means that summer is right around the corner. It should be interesting, and hot!

Not much else to talk about. Nathan is picking his parents up at the train station today. They are going to be here for the weekend. They are on a tour across China. Next weekend, Nathan and I will be going to Shanghai to visit them there. I think this should be really interesting since I have never been to Shanghai before. I will make sure to take my camera since I know there will be stuff I can take pictures of.