Goodbye Dinner

This appears to be the time of the year when everyone leaves. There's the first semester group of volunteers that is heading out and I'm assuming next semester a new group will come in. Of course I will also be leaving soon (the over a month long Spring Holiday begins next friday - Chinese New Year!) However, I'm coming back.
This month we lose Ryan and Natalia (and my brother Ryan although he was only visiting me - aren't I special.) Anyways, a few pictures from a going away dinner...

Me and Ryan...
Kim and Harry Potter...

Barbara and Chrisbin...

New Years and Random Yantai

So here are some random pictures from the past month. This is the beach across the street when it snowed...

Ryan being crazy on top of whatever this animal is...

The east gate of Yantai University...

Me and Barbara at Kim's place for New Years...

Just a really hilarious picture of Natalia and a random security guard...

Ryan being a celebrity after his soccer game...

Kim, the dancing machine...

Christmas

Not too surprisingly, Christmas is not that big of a deal in China. Alibabas, the one western bar in Yantai, had a Christmas eve party. It was a fun night of wearing red and green but beyond that it just seemed like any other fun night. So here's Natalia and I in our Santa hats...

Natalia, Jack, Me, Kim, Chrisbin (almost), Barbara, Ryan...

What 's more fun on Christmas than a two hour massage?
Me and Ryan at Alibabas...
Hahaha, looks awesome Chrisbin...

Monastery (again) with Snow!

The same buddhist monastery as earlier in the year, only this time there was Ryan and snow, so pretty...

From a cave on the side of the mountain...

I am so scary...

He looks so nice and innocent in this picture... what happened?!? (Love you Ryan)