Know Where Your Hospital is Located After my husband coughed for a month straight, one day he had trouble breathing and finally listened to me about going to the hospital. I had to call a new expat friend for a nearby hospital, address, and phone number. I then had...
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Maureen and Daryl invited us a week before Christmas to celebrate the story behind Christmas. There was a lot of food, English desserts and English traditions. A few children to brighten the holiday festivities. Their innocence is so precious to watch. The boy below...
Internet, the one object we use daily and take for granted. In the 21st century home internet is vital for staying connected with loved ones, keeping your business going, finding recipes, learning, writing a blog and more. It took over one month for us to get internet...
For about another 11 months this flat is our new home....no more moving. Praise the Lord. I included pictures from our old apartment too! [If you want to see the picture bigger then click on the picture] Welcome to our home and the life of a traveling gypsy. [gallery...
A Chinese friend told me the story behind the Mid-Autumn Festival, below I paraphrased what she told me. A long time ago there were ten suns in the sky which made it very hot on the earth. It never rained and people lived a terrible life. Then one day a hero named...
My boss Larry wanted to throw a welcome party for Denny and I by taking us and our co-workers out to dinner. The dinner became more of a “Welcome April” because Denny missed it due to a migraine. It’s at this party that I really experience China. 10 Chinese people, 9...
As our Chinese first class Hogwarts Express chugged through the countrysides of China I observed a new perspective to everyday life for a Chinese country person, a “Den Den”. When entering a town by train a person will witness old quarters built on dirt roads. Many of...
A billowing sphere of charcoal smoke circulating out of a fan onto the public streets of China swiftly grabbed my husband's nostrils hairs. (Editors note: Yes it does.) The whiff sent a message to his brain that his food intake needed to be at this restaurant, which...
Wait did I just walk into a flashmob or black and white film? China is a nation that loves to dance on the streets any day of the week. While on one of our excursions Denny and I walked by a group of more than fifty women sandwiched among skyscrapers on a open tile...
