America!

Hello folks! I'm back in the US of A after the longest day of my life. I mean literally, not figuratively. I got on a plane on 9pm Thursday the 25th, then arrived in the US at 4:30pm on the 25th after an 11+hour flight. Weird, right?

Anyway I'm now in Portland with some fabulous couch surfing hosts! I had my interview at NCNM (National College of Natural Medicine) Friday morning. I'm not quite sure how it went because I was severely jet-lagged. I'll find out in a week or two if I did alright or not.

Other than that there isn't really anything much to report....My last week in China was all by my lonesome since Andy left for warmer weather in Hawaii and was fun but nothing crazy happened. I went to the Great Wall (beautiful!) and met some nice guys there who showed me around the 798 factory district (really cool art). I also went to the forbidden city and various odds and ends and made some really good friends at the hostel I stayed. Here in Portland my hosts Tawny and Zane have taken me to a potluck and we made breakfast together this morning! Soon we'll be heading out for Portland adventures. I'll be hopping on a train on Monday for an across America journey with a stop off in Chicago! Unfortunately I won't be visiting NYC with Lana and Virginia (HELLO lovely ladies!) but I am excited to get home. Though I thought I was going to skip winter this year.....I have yet to see real snow. I saw a couple tiny piles of dirty snow in Beijing but that hardly counts.

Love!!!
See you soon.....
Ece