August 23, 2012

I'm finally wrapping things up in Tucson and getting ready to head to Phoenix where I'll spend my final days in America.  Only two and a half weeks until I arrive in my new home: CHINA!  First I'll spend about a month doing training in Shanghai.

Where I'll see this...

And this...

After that I'm off to the city that I chose to be my home for the next year: Hangzhou, China!
Known for its beautiful West Lake

And for its tea plantations

 And for The Grand Canal

And of course it's a bustling city of 8 million people!  (One of the main reasons I chose it is that it's mid-size.  Shanghai, which is 75 miles away, has an estimated pop of 23 million)