#teamgreg img { padding:0px; margin: 0px; border:0px;} #teamgreg { line-height: 0em; } Exactly a year ago today, I arrived in China for a two week trip with my degree course. I started telling the story on my blog last year, but only got a few days in before becoming busy with my summer holidays. I kept a daily journal, and so I’m going to post my record of each day’s activities in real time describing what I got up to each day.

First, a bit of background. I was studying Chinese history and a bit of Mandarin as part of my degree, and Professor Greg Benton organised a trip for us, so we could learn more about its history and practice speaking Chinese! I’m about to tell the stories of what I got up to while out there. First of all, here’s the group that I went with to faraway Zhongguo, known as “Team Greg” in honour of our laoshi, Greg Benton.

In order, from left to right, top to bottom, they are Patrick, Nick, Alex, Siobhan, Tarun, Holly, me, Greg, Jessica, Joy, Laura, Emma, Jay, Jacqui and Dan. You’ll be hearing more about them as my account unfolds!