Wondering and Wandering

So you may wonder how it went from my first Sunday in Dalian to my second Sunday in Dalian with no postings in between! Well, believe it or not, I have been working!

Monday, September 4th was spent going to the bank with the Brian, the director and the rest of the DAIS gang.
Yes, my own bank account with a local ATM card for the Dalian City Commercial Bank. Pretty scary thought given that the yuan (also known as RMB) seems like play money.

We also met the local office staff who are an amazing and wonderful group of men and women. You will be hearing about Dawei, Ying Li, Kelly,Kathy, Ella,and Mrs. Chen from the office and Xiao Lan and David who are drivers and Mr. Philip who works as liason with the building site.

After meeting up with Christian (the P.E. teacher from Rumania)and Louisa (the locally hired Mandarin teacher) we were all off to check out the temporary school site which is an office with two rooms on the 14th floor of a building that is just a block from the hotel. Tough commute! Oh, did I forget to tell you that the building is under construction?