Travel
Touring the Forbidden City
Rich’s Chinese colleague, Kevin, was kind enough to your us around Beijing….
Hello JW Marriott Beijing
We have less than 24 hours in Beijing for an extended layover…. Check out the beautiful dragon chandelier!
Until Next Time Shanghai!
We leave today for Beijing and then leave for the states tomorrow. What a wonderful month! Below is a picture of – what I’m guessing will be – my last Starbucks Valencia Machiatto… I think it’s a special item here and I figure it is not offered in the states. If it isn’t I’m definitely … Continue reading
A Nice Visit to the Shanghai Museum
A beautiful museum with amazing Chinese artifacts….below are a few items I thought were interesting. The large looking bronze urn is a wine vessel. That’s a lot of wine!!!!!
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center
What an amazing place! It talks about the history of Shanghai and has a model of the whole city they consistently update!
Until Next Time My Little, Delicious Friends
Very Sad….My last dumpling this visit…I could eat these soup dumplings (xiaolongbao) everyday!
Shanghai Haircut
I desperately needed a haircut but all the Expats and hotel staff had me worried. I figured how bad could it be – my hair is short and it grows really fast. I decided to bite the bullet and walk into a place I had passed many times. I always had a good vibe about … Continue reading
Went to the flower market today with some Expat friends….
30 RMB….that’s about $5!
Another new favorite – we’ve eaten here 2 days in a row!
Dumplings in Shanghai – Din Tai Fung is the name of the restaurant! Awesome!