Monthly Archives: March 2011

Shanghai is a two hour plane ride east and south of Beijing.  It sits on the Huangpu River, and is only about 30 miles from the Pacific Ocean.  According to 2011 statistics, it’s the largest city in China with an … Continue reading →

Internet access being what it is, I have to post when I can.  I’m also determined to keep this blog reasonably “in order”… And so… while we’ve just returned from a great adsventure to Shanghai, with lots to share, before … Continue reading →

Wednesday in Beijing… and we are celebrating Art’s 60th birthday!  Getting ready for a party in our apartment tonight, then off to Shanghai in the morning… Born in the Year of the Rabbit… and now celebrating 60, again in the … Continue reading →

Another weekend packed full with family field trips that left us pleasantly exhausted.  We are having a blast… though we’re not without our Chevy Chase moments (Art walking us down one Beijing alley after another as he is determined to … Continue reading →

I’ve posted several times now how happy we are with BISS, and we are.  It has great facilities, wonderful teachers, happy kids… and hot, decent lunches including broccoli, rice, beef, pizza, etc. (nice break for me; I’m not scrambling to … Continue reading →

Have been meaning to say this… Thank you for the comments!  I haven’t replied to them individually since my time on the computer is limited by internet speed and our daily schedule, but am enjoying the feedback.

We brought three laptops with us to China: Art’s mac, my work Dell, and Cece’s mac.  I use Cece’s mac when posting to the blog since that’s the one I am dumping pictures onto.  But today I took a look … Continue reading →

[note: the following post is from my contributing writer and favorite travel companion.  Also note the fabulous job he did taking pictures… some of these will be added to my quilt images file… ] Ni hao.  This is Art and … Continue reading →

We’ve had such good fortune on this trip, almost daily meeting new people who make our experience richer.  Last night Art’s colleague Qingsi (all around great guy; he has also spent a lot of time in the US and even … Continue reading →

The girls love checking our little mailbox in the apartment building lobby, like, every time we pass by it which is multiple times a day.  Of course, there is never anything in it.  Until Thursday.  We got mail!  Thanks mum. … Continue reading →