China Day 7: May 15th
Firstly, happy birthday to my mom! Today we visited the campus of another university that is close to Hangzhou (about a 2 hour drive). We got a tour from a student who is one of Yi’s friends, who said that the campus is for freshman and sophomore students. The campus was really beautiful, and had a lot of nice architecture. The student showed us a flower along the walking path that she said is poisonous enough that it will kill you if you eat it. After our tour, we met to play basketball with some of the local college students. David, Steven, and Courtney had gone to the university earlier in the day to recruit students to play against us. I didn’t want to play because of how hot it was outside, so was assigned to be scorekeeper, and got to sit in the shade. However, what I didn’t know, is that I would be thrown into the game! It’s been a long time since 
I’ve played basketball, and it was hard for me to keep up! I think I did a pretty good job of guarding against the other team, but my shots were definitely off- it didn’t help that the baskets were at a different height than in the US. Our team kept substituting players in and out to keep everyone fresh- we were all really impressed that the Chinese students kept playing with the same players and weren’t making any subs! In the end, our team ended up winning, but we called the game a tie so that neither team would feel bad. Since none of the other girls besides myself had played, Dr. Li had them take shots to see if they could make a basket. He made David a $100 bet as to whether Fiona would make the shot, and David lost… ouch! I’m too risk averse of a person to be making those kinds of bets. After we finished playing, we grabbed some waters and ice cream, and headed back across the campus. We passed by a 
cafeteria with 5 floors, that we were told seated 20,000 people and was the largest cafeteria in Asia- that’s a lot of people and a lot of food! Everyone was hungry so we headed to find a place for dinner. Dr. Li suggested hot pot, and so we took a bus across town in search of a place to eat. We came across an outdoor garden, and you could see all the food being prepared outdoors. I think some of our group was most impressed by the large containers of beer! We decided to continue on and ended up walking to eat at a different outdoor garden that was much more formal. Dr. Li ordered for the group and was able to get a discount- he said that if we were to come by ourselves the minimum they would charge us is 80 Yuan each! David’s contribution in losing the $100 bet also allowed us to enjoy such a nice dinner. All tired, we headed back to our rooms to prepare for our trip to the First Village the next morning.
Firstly, happy birthday to my mom! Today we visited the campus of another university that is close to Hangzhou (about a 2 hour drive). We got a tour from a student who is one of Yi’s friends, who said that the campus is for freshman and sophomore students. The campus was really beautiful, and had a lot of nice architecture. The student showed us a flower along the walking path that she said is poisonous enough that it will kill you if you eat it. After our tour, we met to play basketball with some of the local college students. David, Steven, and Courtney had gone to the university earlier in the day to recruit students to play against us. I didn’t want to play because of how hot it was outside, so was assigned to be scorekeeper, and got to sit in the shade. However, what I didn’t know, is that I would be thrown into the game! It’s been a long time since 
I’ve played basketball, and it was hard for me to keep up! I think I did a pretty good job of guarding against the other team, but my shots were definitely off- it didn’t help that the baskets were at a different height than in the US. Our team kept substituting players in and out to keep everyone fresh- we were all really impressed that the Chinese students kept playing with the same players and weren’t making any subs! In the end, our team ended up winning, but we called the game a tie so that neither team would feel bad. Since none of the other girls besides myself had played, Dr. Li had them take shots to see if they could make a basket. He made David a $100 bet as to whether Fiona would make the shot, and David lost… ouch! I’m too risk averse of a person to be making those kinds of bets. After we finished playing, we grabbed some waters and ice cream, and headed back across the campus. We passed by a 
cafeteria with 5 floors, that we were told seated 20,000 people and was the largest cafeteria in Asia- that’s a lot of people and a lot of food! Everyone was hungry so we headed to find a place for dinner. Dr. Li suggested hot pot, and so we took a bus across town in search of a place to eat. We came across an outdoor garden, and you could see all the food being prepared outdoors. I think some of our group was most impressed by the large containers of beer! We decided to continue on and ended up walking to eat at a different outdoor garden that was much more formal. Dr. Li ordered for the group and was able to get a discount- he said that if we were to come by ourselves the minimum they would charge us is 80 Yuan each! David’s contribution in losing the $100 bet also allowed us to enjoy such a nice dinner. All tired, we headed back to our rooms to prepare for our trip to the First Village the next morning.
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