Yearly Archives: 2015


Temple at top of hill
Unexpected time in Beijing. Time to visit the Summer Palace. In the 16th century, Chinese […]

Summer Palace


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Hospital stays are rather uneventful occurrences. After all, they’re designed to ensure that nothing particularly […]

Much ado about nothing




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Coming to China, I wasn’t sure what to expect.  I knew there’d be good food […]

Some random thoughts on China


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It’s Chinese National Day, so what better way to celebrate it than to eat the […]

All manner of birds


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My favorite part about extended travel is that, perhaps ironically, one does not always have […]

First rest day



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The previous day, Cindy was on the phone with her dad and told him that […]

The greatest of walls


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We took a day trip to Jinan from Beijing. The most explicit purpose was to […]

To the Jinan hot springs


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From time to time, I’ll document all the delicious things Cindy has consumed that will […]

Cindy eats – 1