Settling Back In
First and foremost, I LIIIIIIVE!! I know there’s been radio silence since I got back to the States, but it’s been a bit insane. I swear, it feels like I have somewhere or something I’m…
Category: –2018 Musings
Beijing – The Great Wall (Mutianyu)
I’m hopping around a bit here, so bear with me. I know I was just talking about my first stop in Seoul last week, and not to fear – I went a TON of other…
Seoul – Trick Eye Museum
We all know I’m a history buff. I’d say the majority of my posts in China kinda prove that, don’t they? But we also should all know that I’m a great big dork. Hey,…
Dalian Zoo – Part 2
So we got to see a whole bunch of those warm fuzzy critters last time, but not EVERYTHING! Not by a long stretch! But, I mean, we got the pandas and the adorbs red pandas,…
Life Lessons from Debate
This past weekend, I got to be a judge at a debate tournament here in China. Don’t worry – I’m not going to launch into the ins and outs of debate in China and how…
Dalian Forest Zoo (Part 1)
Did I mention I had witnessed an attempted jailbreak in Dalian a few weeks ago? No? I even got a picture… (yep – I think I’m funny….) Now, why on earth would I be…
Banpo Museum – Xi’an
Before I thought of going to Xi’an, I admittedly didn’t even know this one existed, and I only found it on a fluke. I was looking at private tours for the Terracotta Warriors, and I…
Xi’an City Wall
Xi’an is precisely what I pictured most large cities to be like here in China before I came – a fascinating mesh of ancient and new forming something distinct. Dalian doesn’t have that. The city…
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda – Xi’an
So I saw a whole bunch of historical sites while in Xi’an, and while the Terracotta Warriors were certainly at the top of the list this one was definitely a significant place that I simply…
Terracotta Army
So we all know I’m a great big nerd. Yeah, I get it. One of the major draws that brought me to China was the history here. It’s simply not something we see much of…