Tuesday, 21 August 2007

The First Week in China


My first 10 days in China have been very interesting and busy at the same time. I am participating, together with other 40 Chinese and 17 European (6 Spanish, 5 Italian, 1 British, 1 French, 1 German, 1 Swedish, 1 Lithuanian and 1 Finish), on an Intercultural Training program of two weeks before starting the mandarin lessons.

The first week was in Beijing, except two days that we went for an outdoor training near Beijing. We just had been in Shanghai for the last two days. Now, we are on are way to Wuhan for two days before returning to Beijing on Thursday.

The first impression is very positive, but I am aware that I have not seeing the “real China” yet. We are at major cities in nice hotels and with not much free time to explore the cities.

The mandarin language will be a big challenge and I will start the classes next week at UIBE University in Beijing. For the moment I am learning few words
together with the Chinese colleagues of the program.

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