Tough morning, the boys went back to school after a week off for Spring Festival. This is the biggest holiday in the Chinese calendar, bigger than Christmas in the west because everyone takes part. The first night of the festival…
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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…
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…