In the past, we have had meetings or visa runs and been out of the country during the “lively” part of this two week holiday. This year, we were able to stick around and really enjoy it with our local friends. LOTS (and I mean LOTS) of fireworks and firecrackers during the day and seemingly […]
Check out the “shoes” of the guy behind Caden. When it’s cold people wear these “shoes” that look just like house shoes to me! I guess they are warm though. Why not? I bet we’ll be doing it in a year or two
Just your everyday trip to school when you come across something this exciting I used to think these were dragons. I supposed they do have dragons too, but these they called lions. I stopped with the kids to watch for a few minutes and everyone stopped taking pictures of the show and started taking pictures […]
Oil tea (or you2 cha2 油茶 in Mandarin) is a local thing here. We never had it in Chengdu, but there are oil tea shops all around here in GL. It’s called a tea because it’s made from tea leaves. . . but I’d say it’s more like a soup. You add salt, chives, peanuts, […]
The weather has been so comfortable lately with quite a few sunny days! We try to be outside as much as possible and enjoy it! Yesterday morning I went across the road to run some laps and get some exercise at the sports complex (so I can keep up with the kids and David!). The […]
For the first time, I have done what the locals always do to our kids . . . took a picture of their kid WITHOUT ASKING! Gah We were riding down the road when I noticed this family behind us on their scooter. At first, I thought this kid had sunglasses on his head. . […]
It’s Duan Wu Jie here! There are several stories behind this holiday, but the best known legend is about a famous Chinese poet named Qu Yuan. Despite his love and passion for his country, he was exiled. Qu Yuan in great despair committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River (Yunan Province) on the […]
Mom. . . you are going to LOVE it!
In this culture, there are just so many options for purchasing chicken to eat. You can go to the market and get the pieces you want (which are already cut up), or you can pick out a dead chicken and take some of it (or all of it), or you can buy a live chicken […]
We encountered our first wake this past week. It was right outside of our apartment building, so we walked through it for the 2 days that it was going on. It was quite interesting. . . and sad at the same time. So, I went home and did some research. This was pretty interesting to […]
