off on vacation!

I have two more exams left today, and then I'm hopping on a plane tonight for Beijing!  Vacation!  Hooray!!!  I don't know how much I'll be able to post from the road, so this may be it until I get back next week.  I'm going to be heading to Beijing, Xi'an, Pingyao, and Datong - really, really looking forward to getting out of Harbin (though I like Harbin, I really do, and it seems to have finally stopped snowing here, which is even better...) in any case, I won't be back until next Monday morning, so if I don't manage to get online before then, that's when the next post will be coming.  more later!