Wondering and Wandering

The second Sunday in Dalian, dawned bright and beautiful. Leslie, Becky and I took the light rail into downtown Dalian. It is about 27 kilometers away....about 6 light rail stations. We explored by foot near the station and then found our way to a bookstore that we had heard had books in English. Mistake... teachers loose in a bookstore!!!

Many hours later, we made our way back into the sunshine and found our way to Victory Square. We decided to look at the area from the central plaza... down a stairway and under the street... up into the square ( which is really a round). We were immediately met by a young boy speaking marvelous English. And then.......whoosh ,we were surrounded by young children, older children, young adults and adults!

We had stumbled into ENGLISH CORNER which is an every Sunday gathering of people who practice speaking English with each other! Native English speakers, all the better practice. The three of us spent the next hour and a half conversing with huge groups of people. Dare I say that it was AN ADVENTURE???? We were invited back for every Sunday, even in the winter. Bundle up, the natives say. I am thinking that there must be an English Corner in Kai Fa Chew ( the real name of the Dalian Development Area, where we currently live and teach).