Monthly Archives: June 2011

June 30.  11:45pm.  And we’re packing for our flight home.  Scrambling.  So much remains unsaid and unposted here.  Will try to get a few more things up before the van arrives tomorrow afternoon to take us to the airport… including … Continue reading →

One of the most energizing areas of Beijing is the 798 Art District.  Like many of the best things in Beijing, it’s far from where we live (too far), and I didn’t get enough time there. Lesson learned.  Next time we … Continue reading →

Everyone should know by now that Art is endless, inexhaustible energy… wanting to do and go and see and listen and question All. The. Time.  His enthusiasm is infectious, and we love him like crazy for it.  Though I have … Continue reading →

[Still scrambling to finish this blog before we leave.  This is from a month ago…] In a city of more than 20 million, it’s unlikely to run into someone you know from home, but on the Sunday morning after we … Continue reading →

As I write this, we’re lying low at an eco resort in southern China having undoubtedly one of our very best experiences of the last five months.  When we arrived here on Sunday (Father’s Day) we spent a couple of … Continue reading →

Several people have asked about this, so here’s the skinny on the girls’ hometowns… When we began planning for this “trip” one of the first things we considered was hometown visits for the girls.  They were both born in cities … Continue reading →

We have 14 days left in China and not enough hours in those combined days to cover all that we want and need to do.  The blog is one of those things.  I’ve tried to keep it up to date, … Continue reading →

Major milestone today: the girls finished their last day at BISS.  I’m so proud of them for taking on this whole experience.  Heading to a new school in a foreign country was unnerving for us in February… especially so for … Continue reading →

… thinking that the blog reads a little like a pollyanna account of five months of easy, blissful travel through China and a sweet life in Beijing.  Hmmm.  It has been a lot of that. And it’s in my nature … Continue reading →

Last weekend we went to Tianjin for two nights of sleeping in real beds.  Wonderful. No one needs to go to Tianjin.  It’s not a famous Chinese city per se, and you might say that leaving Beijing to go to … Continue reading →