compound living (january 28, 2011)

The last of the furniture we bought our very first day in Beijing arrived today. That, plus a few more expeditions to Ikea, and our house is starting to feel like a home! Although, not a very well constructed home. …

not quite two weeks (january 18,2011)

It is a little surreal to think we haven’t even been living in Beijing two weeks yet.  Perhaps it is because we are already into a routine. And unlike traveling, we have all the regular daily things to do. Like…

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arriving in beijing (january 12, 2011)

We have now been in Beijing for 5 days and I am exhausted!! We arrived late Thursday night local time (after pulling an all nighter Vancouver time) to our house, which had had no heat for two months.  Although they…