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[...] Photos from a Saturday bike trip around Tianjin [...]

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:23:02 +0000

One of the best things they gave us when we arrived was a card with your address on it in characters and in pinyin. That way if you’re lost you can just show it to a taxi driver.

By: Kiryu

Kiryu — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:15:44 +0000

Joel: Thanks!
I live near TuSheng and NanLou Subway stations.
I have finished my Introductory Teaching ESL classes, so I have like nothing else to do but explore until Sept 1, taking baby steps though, from Tusheng, to NanLou, to Xia Wang Fang, to Xiao Bi lo… haven’t gone further than that though.

oh and if you know a good place to eat near those, and that has PICTURES that I can point at.. well that would be great.

I have gotten to my surroundings, all the screaming and yelling doesn’t bother me that much ^__^

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:46:23 +0000

haha, yes, Tianjin, city of magic and wonder... you know, I need to come up with a marketing slogan for Tianjin. Maybe we should have a contest. Sean - it doesn't matter what he looks like. If he's an American, we can hook him fast. Kiryu - welcome to Tianjin! Where are you exactly? If you aren't way out on the edge of town, then a bike can get you almost anywhere you want to go. You can see more stuff you might want to check out one day in our Tianjin category. The photo galleries in the right sidebar are also mostly of Tianjin. If you see anything interesting, just let us know and I can tell you how to get there. Your arrival blog post made me laugh because it reminded me a lot of our first experiences here. Tim - Tianjin is still a little old school, but it has a lot of important Chinese history from the 2nd Opium War, and a lot of interesting people with stories to tell. Since it's not a major foreigner-magnet like Beijing and Shanghai (though there are some foreign ghettos), foreigners still retain a little of that 'specialness' that we all love and hate.

By: Kiryu

Kiryu — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:14:25 +0000

whew I finally arrived into Tianjin, and got internet! I haven’t had time to explore it, so my experience right now is sooo different from yours, to me its like the ratio to foreigners is pretty much 1:1 million, and since I can’t speak Chinese and nobody can speak English I feel pretty isolated right now.

I have posted some of my experiences on my blog: http://yuriinchina.blogspot.com/

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:04:19 +0000

Hey, how’s you guys mandurin comin’, do you think you could add a friend of mine to the marriage market. His name is Lex Hunt. Description goes…Tall Dark and handsome Aramark Assistant Director at . Blue Eyes, very business savey. 29 years old. I’m kidding

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:12:36 +0000

You’ve managed to make Tianjin interesting. I go there all the time, but had never visited the marriage market or that church…will have to give ole TJ a second look ;)