Dec 29, 2015
Recently, I have had friends in China tell me about the snow they have had lately. Some live as far north as Shenyang, in the Liaoning Province and others as far south as Linyi, in the Shandong Province. Hopefully this will ease the minds of those of you that were...
Sep 1, 2015
As you know from my previous blog, the river cruises at night are very impressive along the Huangpu River in Shanghai. The boats cruise along the area of Shanghai known as the Bund. You can see many interesting and contrasting types of architecture along the bund. ...
Aug 25, 2015
If you will recall from my first blog about the river boat cruises along the Huangpu River in Shanghai, the Bund is an amazing area to see. Not only are there several gorgeous buildings to see, but the boats on the river are interesting as well. The boat we used was...
Aug 18, 2015
A very popular sightseeing event in Shanghai is to take a river cruise around the Bund at night. I did this in the month of May, so the weather was perfect! Many things come into play before boarding the river boat, thankfully, I had people helping me. There are...
Jul 28, 2015
There is a lovely park in the middle of downtown Shanghai called Guangqi Park. Guangqi Xu was a famous scholar, and he was born to a poor farming family in Shanghai in 1562. His father was somehow able to pay for his son to go to school, and at the age of 19,...
May 8, 2014
Certain areas of China get very hot in the summer; therefore many people try to stay cool in the shade. A couple of hot cities I have visited are Shanghai and Xian. Shanghai feels hotter than it is because of the high humidity. Wow, one summer, when I went to Xian,...