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 […]
Hawaii
This is the postcard that started it all. My parents travelled to Hawaii when I was five-years-old. I stayed with my aunt and uncle and they sent me this […]
Kayak Eyes
My husband and I laugh and laugh at the Kayak commercial where the vacation-planning husband dilates his eyes so that he can take in more travel information as he surfs […]
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 […]
Hello World!
I was recently posed this question: What would you do with your life if you were independently wealthy? My initial reaction was that I’d travel. But I also wanted to […]
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 […]
