Author Archives: nancysvenson

A really busy week here in Beijing and I’m falling behind with my posts.  Also kind of feels like the blog has turned into an endless stream of trip pictures with little about our actual day-to-day life in China… of … Continue reading →

Continuing Chengdu…

Whew… The girls were on Spring Break from BISS last week; time off that just happened to coincide nicely with Tomb Sweeping Day (Qingming Festival) on April 5.  This is a national holiday in China (honoring ancestors), so Renmin also … Continue reading →

Well… I thought that was the last of them, but this wouldn’t be a complete travel journal without these last tidbits from Shanghai.  Plus, the girls are asleep and Art is watching championship snooker (no kidding; the snooker world cup … Continue reading →

And here are the rest of the Shanghai pictures, taken last Saturday in the French Concession.  I loved this part of Shanghai, and wish we had time to see more.  This is just a glimpse of one part of it… … Continue reading →

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 →