Shelby in Xi'an: Whitman in China indeed!

Last weekend Xi'an was overrun with Whitties! By overrun, I mean that our ranks doubled from 3 to 6, which seems like quite a lot of us considering that Whitman is tiny and we're in the middle of China. (Note: According to the Chinese, we are in the northwest. If you look at a map of China though, you'll notice that we're pretty solidly in the center. It's just that not many people live further northwest. [Further note: "Not that many" is still a lot of people in China.])

Last Friday night Kitty and I went out to dinner with Chris and Katie, who graduated from Whitman in '03 and '04 respectively and spent two years teaching here, Pat, an '03 grad who is here studying Chinese medicine, and Lily, a Chinese friend. We went to a restaurant near campus whose name roughly translates to "Smelly Fish Bowl." The smelly fish bowl was really delicious, as was the fish-flavored eggplant and deep fried mushrooms. I'll definitely be going back. After dinner we went to KTV, which is where you rent out a little room for your own private karaoke party. Tons of fun. A lot of the songs are accompanied by ridiculous videos of people in the 80s doing things that have nothing to do with the song, and the room comes with a tambourine and two maracas.