We left the port in Shanghai around 4pm on Sunday evening and were due to dock in Wakayama, Japan early Tuesday morning. That meant an entire day at sea! Sunday First we cruised past the massive port of Shanghai, with the Financial District in the distance. The port is huge with hundreds of loading … More Japan Cruise Part I: I’m on a boat
You know vacation is over when… You wake up to the sound of firecrackers outside your window on a Monday morning. When this happens you can also be certain that you are indeed, back in China. But there are definitely things to celebrate on this Monday morning. Like for instance: 1. Post-vacation tan (a darker shade … More Day 273: Beautiful and Toxic
Oh Mr. Rogers, I wish Shanghai was more like your neighborhood! Hello and happy Thursday! This week has flown by way too fast which is bad because I have so much work to do! We leave for the cruise Sunday and will be gone the entire week. This means I need to get everything done … More Day 266: It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood
The best thing about Shanghai? The lights at night. Random buildings and apartment complexes are lit up with colored lights every night just because. Thursday night we saw this massive ferris wheel lit up magnificently. I don’t even think the ferris wheel is running. But it is sure is pretty. As much as I love … More Day 264: 5 Ways to Detoxify Your City Lifestyle
So normally I like to do recap posts of my day. Mostly because my memory sucks and I like to be able to look back and remember what the heck I did. But it gets boring after awhile. Let’s see… Wednesday night we had dinner at Hong Mei Lu with some of Peter’s coworkers, ate … More Day 263: Just Some Observations
Hello friends! And good night to you (and good morning for me!) It is super smoggy in Shanghai today which makes me nervous to go outside and walk to lunch. However I just made myself a green smoothie so hopefully it will protect me somewhat from the gross weather. They never said city living … More Day 257: Room with a View
It worked!!! For days I’ve been trying to figure out how to get full-sized photos from my computer to Peter’s laptop. Turns out I was emailing them as “small” instead of “actual size”. Dear me that was frustrating. You have no idea how badly I’ve wanted to blog this week. Shanghai is crazy cool and … More Day 256: Into the Vortex
I am here! I am in Shanghai! Currently I am looking out at a beautiful sunset outside my apartment window and getting ready for dinner at Lost Heaven. We went to Lost Heaven during my last visit and it is a delicious dining experience. So excited! It’s been 3 days since I arrived and I … More I am here
To surpass my endless rambling and get to the 10 Questions I Get About Moving to China, scroll down to the bottom! ____________________ Woohoo everybody, it’s Friday!! Somehow I got involved cleaning out my bathroom cabinets this morning (it’s amazing how productive you can be when you’re supposed to be doing something else) and it … More Day 242: 10 Questions I Get About Moving to China
Ford every stream Follow every rainbow Till you find your dream… Oh Sound of Music. You speak to my soul. Remember that time I went to Salzburg and did the Sound of Music tour? Yeah that was pretty fantastic. Well I had another epic mountain adventure on Sunday. This time I was all by myself. … More Day 224: Climb Every Mountain… Twice
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