Hangzhou

I spent an amazing month in Hangzhou. Loved learning about the culture, the people and making new friends with my host family, coworkers and other GoToCo participants! The cultural excursions were absolutely incredible - it was amazing to go see the West Lake and Xianghu Lake in Hangzhou itself. I even got to go to Shanghai for a day which was great. As an experience, I’m so glad that it was so immersive - living with a host family was such a great way of learning how Chinese people live and appreciating their culture, customs and traditions. I even picked up a little bit of Chinese and the locals loved it when I tried to speak with them. Everyone was so friendly and I particularly enjoyed teaching - the atmosphere at the school was so fun and I looked forward to every day.