The wanderlust
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 Posted in America, Teaching in China, Travel | Comments OffLast night I got in my car and drove around northern Illinois for three and a half hours. I ended up in Wisconsin, and accidentally stumbled upon Lake Geneva. When it was getting late, and I thought I ...
Missing pieces
Sunday, May 16th, 2010 Posted in America, Chinese Culture, Homesickness, Living in China, Travel | 1 Comment »After having been away from the blog for a long time, I just read the post I wrote a week after having returned home. I can't believe I said, "I don't really miss China." I do miss China. ...
My trip by the numbers
Friday, April 2nd, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture, Living in China, Teaching in China, Travel | Comments OffI've been meaning to do this for awhile, but haven't got around to it. Here's my China trip by the numbers, just as a point of interest: Days spent in China: 201 Days spent on vacation: 75 Classes taught each week: 15 Hours ...
Home again
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture, Homesickness, Living in China, Teaching in China, Travel | 1 Comment »I arrived safely in Chicago yesterday and had some good deep-dish Chicago-style pizza with my dad, stepmom and brothers. Pretty awesome way to arrive in America, I'd say. I'm still processing about everything. It was weird to get dimes ...
The deep breath…
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Homesickness, Living in China, Travel | Comments Off...before the plunge. Waiting in Beijing - surfing the internet. Can't go see Mao's preserved body tomorrow (as was the plan) because they've closed it for maintenance from 3/1 to 3/20. Blast. Uploaded all the photos from Chengdu. Photos ...
Lhasa
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture, Travel | 1 Comment »What can I say about Lhasa? I'm finding it very difficult to find the words. People lied down in the motorcycle lanes on the streets to do prostrations on their way to Jokhang Temple and the Potala Palace. I ...
Major updates
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Posted in Travel | Comments OffPhotos that I said I had uploaded before have now actually been updated. Sorry for the confusion. I've updated my Location map to include the places I've been recently, and Suzhou and Shanghai, which apparently weren't on there from my ...
Arriving in Lhasa
Sunday, February 21st, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture, Travel | 1 Comment »That night, I still hadn't received my ticket to Lhasa, and I was supposed to leave at 8:45am the next day, so I sort of panicked. I called the travel agent and she told me that they thought they ...
Xi’an yet again, parting from the family
Sunday, February 21st, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture, Travel | Comments OffWe got to Xi'an the next day, and our hostel picked us up for free, which was really nice. We ate some good Chinese food at the hostel, then walked to the Bell and Drum Towers, but again, didn't ...
Nanjing wanderings
Sunday, February 21st, 2010 Posted in Chinese Culture, Travel | Comments OffOn February 14th, New Year's Day, we went to the Nanjing Massacre Museum in the morning and spent several hours there. It was a really grim, really detailed museum of the things that happened when Japan occupied Nanjing before ...