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My name is Daniel Nalesnik. When I turned 25 I decided to learn Mandarin Chinese.

After a year of classes, I decided to quit my job, sell all of my possessions, and move to China for a full year of intensive Mandarin training.

I finished the fall semester in 2009 at Peking University in Beijing, and am now enrolled in semester #2 at Fudan University in Shanghai.

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Thursday
24Sep2009

The Summer Palace

DateSep 24 CommentPost a Comment

The Sunday before last CSA went to the Summer Palace. Started in 1750, the Summer Palace is known best for the extravagant spending by Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century. The lake is manmade; the dirt from the excavation was used to add to the nearby hills.

Words cannot do justice to this beautiful place; please instead see the pictures. I am certain I will return before leaving China.

The Summer Palace from Daniel Nalesnik on Vimeo.

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