In July, we made a quick trip up to one of China’s ancient capitals: Xi’an.
Shorel in front of some soldiers he could stand with. (These were in the gift shop.)
Big Goose Pagoda
You can buy a souvenir soldier anywhere in the city.
Xi’an’s city wall is the largest in China
The Three Gorges Dam spillway handling the runoff from the Himalayas.
Picnicing with our tutors at the Three Gorges Dam.
Some days in pregnancy the happy hormones are really kickin’. On one of these good days, I went to the hair salon and told them they could do whatever they wanted to my hair. Let’s just say the styles in China are not the same as they are in the States. Shorel defined my new [...]
As mentioned before, holidays overseas seem to be made all the more special. We celebrated my 31st birthday and the America’s 230th birthday with good ol’ American hamburgers, German potato salad, deviled eggs, baked beans and banana pudding. No fireworks due to the rain, but thankfully I can buy them and light them off pretty [...]
There are many Chinese that live on the Yangtze river. The only way they can get supplies or go to town is by boat.
On our ride up the river the other day, we shared the boat with several motorcycles, bags of rice, cases of cigarettes and a basket of piglets all to be dropped off [...]
