On Sunday, we had a nice American breakfast at a western restaurant. The food was excellent and we headed to do some shopping before proceeding to the campus. I think we all pretty much understand the bus and subway system by now. Everything is in Chinese but we memorized the correct bus to take to get back to the campus. The subway station is a little more complex but the lines are all colored. To give you an idea, just picture the Boston train system and multiply it by twenty. Throw in the high volume of subway commuters and you should easily get an idea of what it is like. I think we should be equipped to live in any city by the time we are done. One thing that really has helped, is getting a transportation card that we can deposit money onto. This card can be used on the taxis, bus, subway, and commuter train. This eliminates the need to constantly print out different tickets for different destinations. The bus stop is only about a 20 minute walk to our dorm location and that is convenient as well. There isn't a lot of weekend activity on the new campus so we are going to learn to navigate to the downtown quite frequently.Adam Silvis is a 2/C cadet and Student Trustee at Massachusetts Maritime Academy
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