Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Our morning started by meeting at 4:45am to meet our bus at MFS. We drove to IAD because of a flight cancellation at NWK to fly to Beijing, China on a fourteen-hour flight. After the flight we went to a restaurant and had our first Chinese meal. It was a very good introduction to...
Continue readingToday we started our day off by having breakfast at 7:30. After breakfast we went on a public bus to go to the Shaanxi Museum at 8:30. The Shaanxi Museum had four different galleries that all related to China’s history and culture. While at the museum we split into teams and had a mini...
Continue readingToday we spent the day at 华山 or Mount Hua. We started off our day with a 7:30 breakfast and departed in two vans soon after. With the large amount of traffic in Xi’an during the morning, it took about two hours to reach our destination. After stopping at a rest stop, we ended...
Continue reading你好！ Today was a eventful day. Sadly it was one of our tour guide’s last day with us. After saying goodbye to Willy at breakfast, we set out to go see the terracotta warriors. We first went to a ceramics shop where workers hand make replicas of terracotta soldiers. They came in many shapes...
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Today we started our day early with a 7:00 breakfast at the hotel. Everyone had a choice between an American, British, French, or Swiss-styled breakfast — all of them were delicious. After that we got ready to go to the middle school. The entire group had to split up into two in order to...
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Today we woke up early in the morning. We got out of bed all packed and ready to go at 7 am. We left our hotel in Beijing and took a bus to the Beijing airport. While we were there several students bought Starbucks near our gate. A taste from home! We departed from...
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We started off our day with our usual breakfast of toast, eggs, sausage, and ham. Following that, we started our bus ride to Bethel, where we would volunteer for half the day. Before we started to work, we spoke to Anna, who gave us a brief introduction of the history of Bethel. It was...
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China — Day Three 3/27/16 Today we woke up and had a wonderful breakfast at 8:30. We then got ready and prepared for our long ride to the Great Wall of China. We departed by bus at 9:00 and had a 2 hour ride to Beigoucun. We then went to a converted Brick Yard,...
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After a tasty breakfast at our Beijing hotel, we started off with some friendly foosball competition, which became very intense. Later, we walked to the metro station. The underground space was very crowded. We took the train to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. We split up into three groups, and explored the City,...
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3.24.16 and 3.25.16 We all met at MFS at 5:00am to catch the bus to the airport. Upon arrival we unloaded the bus and proceeded to check our bags. We then walked through security and to our gate. With 2 hours until departure we all split up to find food. After breakfast we all...
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The China trip is tomorrow and everybody is very excited to go! Nobody knows exactly what to expect from this trip, but it is going to be a lot of fun. The trip sounds very exciting, and there are many things people are looking forward to. We are going to get to see many historical...
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Today was a blast. On our way to the Great Wall, we went to a noodle shop for lunch. The owner of the restaurant welcomed us and told us we would be learning how to cut and roll noodles. She also was very complimentary of our language skills. There was a competition to see...
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After breakfast we took at bus trip to southwest Beijing to the Bethel Foundation. This is a place for blind and visually impaired children ages 2-8. While there we cleaned buckets, raked and picked up tree clippings, washed play equipment, and cleaned the pool. We also got to meet some of the children when...
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Day Three 3/24, after breakfast, we took the bus to visit the Bethel Foundation in southwest Beijing. The foundation is a place for blind orphans. While we were there we cleaned, picked up tree branches, washed down play equipment, and cleaned up their pool. All the kids were friendly and the staff was nice....
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To start off the morning we ate breakfast at 8:30 which consisted of fried rice, fried dough, red bean bun, eggs, stir fry veggies, and fruit. After a debriefing of the day’s plans we set off for our first ride on Beijing’s subway. It was very clean, but very crowded. When we arrived at...
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