They say that Chongqing is one China's four furnaces. When they say this, they're talking about summer. The winter here is exactly the opposite. As I've written before, none of the buildings have central heating. Most of the buildings on campus have no heating whatsoever. Thankfully, my apartment has heaters or I wouldn't be able to handle this. But while it is 45+ degrees outside, it's also ~45 degrees inside. Walking around in this temperature is great. But working and sitting for at least six hours a day is just miserable. By my second hour of work, I'm freezing over. It also doesn't get hot as the day goes on because it's always overcast. Today was sunny which really warmed me up when I was outside, but the buildings just stay cold for the whole day. Within the next week or so it's supposed to get warmer. But with this coming heat, brings the rain season. But at least it will be warm.
There is one nice thing about it never going below freezing here, and it's the beautiful greenery of campus. It looks like none of the plants have gone dormant. There are many tropical plants here that haven't seen before. I think the cherry blossoms are starting to bloom now too. Today we went to the library to get our faculty cards and saw the lakes and the black swans that live here. The campus is truly beautiful and I still haven't seen all of it.
There is one nice thing about it never going below freezing here, and it's the beautiful greenery of campus. It looks like none of the plants have gone dormant. There are many tropical plants here that haven't seen before. I think the cherry blossoms are starting to bloom now too. Today we went to the library to get our faculty cards and saw the lakes and the black swans that live here. The campus is truly beautiful and I still haven't seen all of it.