Ni hao, China

Greetings from China! I'm currently on my cell phone writing this on a public bus. It is me and a bunch of Chinese people, all of whom are staring at me. I suppose i'm a bit of a rarity in this part of town. Anyway, last night I met my host family's daughter and housekeeper. It was awkward. I thought I had a good grasp of Mandarin. How very wrong I was. I ended up eating dinner alone because they didn't know what to do with me.However today was much better. My host mother is very kind and interested in anything I have to say. I have yet to meet my host father. Well i'm at my doorstep so I'll continue this later.