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Yesterday we had a chance to spend a cold yet sunny morning visiting the Great Wall. Since we’ve been before, our driver took us a little further afield to a different section at Badaling. It was fun thinking what a difference two years makes. Last time, Lia was just a baby, sleeping all the way […]

“You belong to love as wheels belong to roads, as grapes belong to the blossoming of taste, as corn belongs to crows, as shadows belong to the ache of heat, as happiness belongs to the capricious pangs of the soul.” –Wolff Bowden I am blissed out on my son. His skin is as soft as […]

Yesterday morning we had a chance to go up into the mountains to visit Zhongshan Ling, the tomb of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. (more…)

Wednesday morning we woke at 5 am and prepared to travel to Lianyungang Social Welfare Institute (SWI). We had requested this visit through our adoption agency, and were so happy when it was approved. Lily, our guide, arranged a minivan to drive us there. It was a three-and-a-half hour trip along a major highway, and […]

Every night (and early morning), fireworks have been exploding above the city skyline all around our hotel in celebration of the Lantern Festival. Throngs of people have been crowding the streets throughout the day and night wearing colourful, flashing lights, often carrying lit lanterns. Here’s a few pics of the squares and alleyways of the […]