EBIS Spring Formal

EBIS's Student Association planned a wonderful Spring Formal for the jr. and sr. high students. It was located in one of the nicest hotels in the city and was an Oscar theme. The students did a great job putting everything together and a great time was had by all. 

Lise and her friend Mark

Mya and Hannah

Lise and Julia

The "girls:" Tina, Mya, Hannah, Lise and Julia

Mya and her friend John

Drama club presented a play

The girls performed a dance

Delicious food

Teacher of the Year: ArCasia James (our English teacher)

Our Recruiting Director, Jacky

The one and only, Louise. She's magical!!

Life in Dandong

We arrived in Dandong July 2014, arriving during a time of immense heat. The Yalu River provided some extra humidity that us Coloradans don't typically feel. At first, living in this strange new place was overwhelming. We were unaccustomed to many of the cultural norms, some of which we might never become accustomed to (i.e. constant spitting). Our emotions ran the gamut, and we were in constant communication about if our current placement would be a multi-year placement or not. Then there was Thailand - an epic trip - over Chinese New Year. This experience reminded us of one the many blessings of living in Asia, that being the ease of travel throughout all of SE Asia. April brought spring and MAN Dandong flourished once again after a cold winter. Dandong in the spring and early summer is BEAUTIFUL! We found it a lot harder to say goodbye to Dandong then we thought. Below are some of our pictures from this beautiful city:

Repainting our apartment.

Man sitting on small seat made from wood to hoist himself up the 31 floors of our apartment building.

The Baneks took to the streets often to check out the city.

Found a cute park tucked behind our apartment.

At 5pm these bad boys are rented out and riders ride along the riverfront.

Kite flying is an everyday occurrence.

Hiking to the waterfall located by school.

View from the top. 

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Base of the waterfall

Street BBQ

Put all your vegetables in one bin, all your meat in another bin...

Grill master seasons and pre-grills your selections.

Then you finish them off on your own tableside grill

King of the World

Peace

Our apartment was located on the 29th floor of this building

Few traffic rules + a general "no merging" rule + bikes + pedestrians everywhere = an extreme vigilance when walking or driving.

Indoor market we would frequent to get local vegetables and fruits. This was a store we didn't frequent - seen here are all the various organ meats. 

Living on the 29th floor meant that we were above the firecrackers. Firecrackers are lit on the street before every wedding. Due to the high population everywhere in China there are multiple weddings daily at each of the hotels & event centers. We happened to live above a wedding event center.