Sister City

Yesterday we went to Mesa's Sister City of Kaiping. Because it was a visit to a sister city, we basically ended up staying up late, watching chick flicks, doing each other's nails and talking about our respective husband cities. It's nice to get together every once in a while, though. You know, to catch up. We went to a community that was built in the '20s. They built these houses as protection. They came in very useful during WW2, apparently. Afterward, we went to have lunch with the Vice Mayor of the city. She and the foreign affairs officer wanted to speak to me in Chinese. I was the only one who got to meet them. I got their cards and stuff. I'll end up sending them an email, thanking them or something. They had a TV camera there, and they recorded me, another student, and the 2 teachers. It was hot and humid, and I took a wicked nap on the 1.5 hr bus ride home.