We are currently enjoying the most beautiful spring… days get up to 80F (27C) yet nights are a cool 11C (52F). Perfect for sleeping and perfect for sightseeing. Guidebook in hand, I have started exploring some of the smaller sites. …
Category: touristy stuff
panjiayuan market
On Saturday afternoon we dragged the boys for a family outing. Really, it was a last chance to have dinner, just the four of us, until April. But on the way we stopped at the Panjiayuan market, more familiarly known…
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The boys head back to school tomorrow as their Chinese New Year holiday comes to an end… I can’t wait. This is one of my favorite times to be in Beijing but I get absolutely nothing productive done. Partying aside,…
acrobats (december 5, 2011)
When my sister and her family were visiting in August we took them to see the Chinese Acrobats. Our family had seen them many years ago when we were on our trip round the world. I had remembered being quite…
forbidden city (november 21,2011)
This fall in Beijing has been wonderful! The weather has been divine and we have be blessed with lots of visitors including my cousin, whom I hadn’t seen in 14 years, our neighbors from London and friends from Vancouver who…
home? (november 13, 2011)
Well. I guess I can finally call Beijing home! Wherever we have lived we have had a favorite restaurant where they always have a table for us and we never order off the menu, the chef just brings us food. …