J+8 My first impression of Chinese school...

Today was my first "day" in school. We arrived around 1pm and left at 4:30.
My host sister kept warning me: "don't take a handbag, you won't have any space for your books!"
Secretly I thought "she has no idea what I am capable of carrying in a handbag..." but I finally listened to her, and took a bag pack. THANK GOD.
I have 36 books; yes 36. All in Chinese, and 20 note books. I had to leave half of it at school because I came by bicycle.
I was warmly welcomed by my main teacher, who showed me around the school and I chatted with a group of young people; we got on pretty well...they introduced themselves after 30minutes and I discovered they were all teachers!
A lot of students came to talk to me while I was waiting, sitting in an office. They were inviting me to their home, saying they could make arrangements to get their homework out of the way and show me around Nanjing, and that their grandmother would be delighted to cook for me... They all left me their number and name, my phone has been buzzing all night long! I receive adorable texts such as "Welkom to Nanjing, Welkom to china" "you already have many friends" "call me at anytime if you need something"...
I have to say the difference between the Chinese and the French way of welcoming and taking care of a foreigner is frightening!
The student representative also came to see me, she speaks an excellent English and will assist me for the speech I am suppose to give tomorrow in front of 2000 people.. (stage, microphone, television? I don't know)


My family took me to Confucius Temple, in the evening.
Where shall I start?
We had dinner in an extremely chic restaurant, invited by one of my father's many close friends. Every guest received small dishes, and the waitress explained the traditional meaning of each dish. We were entertained by some musicians. I had the feeling the food was very expensive, but my estimation was no where near the total price of this dinner . Chinese people are very proud, when they invite to present the most expensive dishes; regardless their taste! I was encouraged to finish a pile of lobster, thousand year old egg, risotto dimpling, and a lot of Chinese delicatesse...
At the end of the meal, the bill is brought in and handed to the host, everyone is very curious to know how much the dinner they just ate is worth. This one was 12000¥ RNB, about 1500€. I almost chocked when I heard the price; my sister said "my fathers friend wants to show you the very best" . My host father, later in the evening, pointed out "it's normal you're not feeling well, you just ate 3 iPhones!"

The host offered me a hand made silk scarf and leaded us to a VIP boat for a 50minutes trip around the area. It was so beautiful if made me totally speechless.