To assume that things would be chaotic was naive. Chaotic is an understatement. The international to domestic transfer at Beijing airport was a multi step process involving a check-in agent with no foreign language skills at all. Anyway I got through and my bags did so as well. Hangzhou airport staff spoke enough of a mix of mandaring and english for me to find out which bus to take. Yes, I took a bus with some other students coming for the language course.

Arrival at the campus was relatively straightforward. Finding the right building was easy but from then on things got more interesting. The registration process took hours to complete as there was always another paper to stamp and another queue to attend. After getting my dorm room things got a lot easier as I decided to get some beauty sleep.

Today I went for a walk around the campus area to get familiar with the surroundings. I also applied for internet access which I should be getting today after my details have been recorded into some kind of foreigner internet user list. For now I’m stuck with internet on my phone.

Last night was also interesting. I discovered that there are bedbugs here. What the fuck. Let’s see if they can do something about that. If not, don’t be surprised if you see me on AY52.

Language level test in 30 minutes. –>