Magnificent Mountains

After moving to Tongcheng and a tiring week of teaching, Maddy and I decided it was time to get outta there and see Huangshan. This is THE number one place I wanted to visit in China and how lucky that it's in my province! It was a little frustrating with the buses and communicating because...welp...my Chinese is practically nonexistent. But we finally we made it to our hostel and it was THE best thing that ever happened. We stayed in this place that was right on Lao Jie (which means Old Street) in this city, Huangshan. It was very cozy and very China. We went shopping and went to KFC (AMERICAN FOOOOOOD!!!!!! Kind of.) and found a bakery that was delicious and we went there every day...sometimes twice a day. Fat Americans. We're living up to our stereotype. ;) 

Lao Jie outside our hostel.

But then we felt fine about all the KFC and treats because we climbed 5 miles of stairs! Hardest work-out of my life. Imagine yourself on the stair stepper at the gym for 3 hours. YEAH. But it was gorgeous on the way up and we made some friends along the way! And the top was worth everything.Huangshan is like the Yosemite or Zions of China. Standing on top of that mountain was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in my life. There really is no way for me to share what I felt or what I saw. So here's some pitchas!

It was AWESOME. To say the least. This Earth is pretty magnificent.

And this week we are back to teaching! One day I'll tell ya all about that because it deserves a post allllll on its own. :)