Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Today we had a later start, and walked to school for our first free period. We really enjoyed hearing the students play their instruments, such as a cello-like instrument called the ma-tou-qin (horse head violin), and other interesting instruments. They were so good at their instruments; they had practiced quite a lot.  It was so nice that they were willing to play for us, and no one was too shy to play us some great music. We then went to our respective classes, and while the classes were all in Chinese and hard to understand, it felt like a true immersion experience. Our classes were so welcoming, clapping when we entered and listening intently to our introductions. We made plenty of new friends. Our Mongolian buddies were so welcoming, and invited us to spend time with them and their friends. During our free period in the afternoon, it was quite fun to play cards and talk with them in their dorm rooms. They took us to buy food, and we had a great time talking to them. After class we went to dinner with our new friends, then went back to the dorm. We are very excited for our second day at the Mongolian school.

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