Outdoors and friends

We met this family via Colt’s soccer team. They have a 4.5 year old boy who also plays soccer. They want him to be friends with English speakers so they have quickly tried to become our best friends It’s kind of funny – but we don’t mind because we have been asking for some friends, […]

Duan Wu Jie (Dragon Boat Festival)

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 […]

Yangshuo

We met a Dutch family who also has a son at Colt’s school. He is about 8 years old, but they have become little buddies The Dutch family opened a bed and breakfast in a nearby tourist spot called Yangshuo. It’s about 2 hours total travel from our house. They asked if we would mind […]