Here are a few things I’ve learned – apparently, ANYONE and EVERYONE here can cook great food. Obviously we’re searching every dark alley for good food, but it’s simply everywhere else too – our hostel, the fast food places (seriously) and any place you can … Read More →
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Babies! And Food!
Today is an easy day for us… we’re postponing the Great Wall trip until the end of the month when we come back to Beijing after our travels to Guilin, Chengdu, etc. Still adjusting to the time difference, plus all the walking, talking, language translation, … Read More →
Beijing Is Wearing Me Out
Yes. I am getting run down and I’ve only been here for three days. Fortunately, instead of taking a 2 hour + bus ride to the Great Wall tomorrow, we’re just going to relax a little – and I’m going to work on my reports … Read More →
Day Two Quick Summary Before Bed – 2AM
It’s nearing 2AM here in Beijing and I’m just up finishing some work and then posting really quick. First, here is Leah saying good morning today before we went out and about. (tomorrow is my turn to be ummmm.. embarassingly awesome – we’ll get better … Read More →
Day Two (first full day) in Beijing
Just a quick slideshow – more photos with talk will follow. We had a great day and covered so much ground.
One More – Beijing Morning
It’s 6:30 am here, we woke up early since in Atlanta, it’s Wednesday afternoon and not Thursday morning. We’ll be here at the Red Lantern Hostel for our entire stay in Beijing – so it’ll be our base of operations. I like it, it’s down … Read More →
We made it!
Okay, we’ve made it to China! The flight from Atlanta to Seoul wasn’t bad at all. When you’re going to be on an airplane for more than 10 hours, you sort of surrender to the fact that you are going to be stuck on that … Read More →
1st Day of Travel – Incheon & Beijing
LOOONG day of Travel, but all of it pretty exciting. -As far as that 14 hour flight to Korea – I have never watched so many movies in a row – I think I saw four while drifting in an out of sleep. We stayed … Read More →
Flying Out
8:00am Ok! We’re flying out today! Just waiting for our airport transport (Leah’s mom) and then we’ll on our way to the airport… where we will sit until the flight takes off at 1pm – we have to check in our luggage by 11am – … Read More →
The Beijing Dirt Market & 798 District
On this day in Beijing, China we made new friends and everything felt a little less touristy, less foreign, and more like we belonged, or at least could eventually find our groove when we choose to leave the US and make the move not across … Read More →