Miguel’s
Eating at Miguel’s Pizza made me wish I were 20 again. Part pizzeria, part campground, part climbing equipment supplier, Miguel’s is the place to pitch your tent if you’re hiking […]
Category Archives: Destinations
We Got Hitched!
Literally. Finally. We got my mom’s camper hitched to her truck. It took us an hour in the blazing sun as we examined all the pictures in the instruction manual and […]
No More Noodles
McDonald’s at the Beijing Railway Station After eating Asian food for four days straight, morning, noon, and night, I needed a break. Luckily there’s a McDonald’s on nearly every corner. […]
How Many Pictures Are Too Many?
Please forgive the barrage of pictures below, but really. How many pictures are too many pictures when you’re standing on the Great Wall of China?! Visibility was low, but I […]
Chinese Toilet Extremes
It seems there are two different types of toilets in China. I eventually got used to the squat toilets which I encountered nearly everywhere outside of my hotel. Again, my pre-reading […]
Chairman Mao
I’m stealing liberally here, from J. Maarten Troost’s Lost on Planet China. I read this book before coming to China and was both fascinated and terrified as a result. His […]
Business in Beijing
I was in Beijing on business (though most of my posts look more like a vacation, to be sure). But I was actually there for a training. At the […]
Chinese Acrobat Show
As I watched the Chinese acrobats contort themselves and fling themselves across the stage, I couldn’t help but wonder how we could ever possibly hope to beat Chinese gymnasts in […]
If I’d Dug That Hole
You know the one. The one that comes out on the other side of the world in China. Well, I didn’t dig. I took a 15 hour plane ride instead, […]
Schneeballs
While researching plans for our visit to Rothenburg, Germany, I came across Rick Steves’ review of things to see and do there. One thing he mentioned was Schneeballs (snowballs), a […]
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