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Qingdao for some Tsingtao

Posted: November 7th, 2012 by Courtney

We were excited to take one of China’s high speed trains and thought a trip to the coastal city of Qingdao would make a good stop for a few days. We needed a bit of sea air after the pollution in Beijing.  And what better for that then the beer capital of China and a […]

The People’s Republic of China

Posted: November 4th, 2012 by Courtney

With our visas in our hands on Monday afternoon, we jumped on a plane to Beijing Tuesday morning. We arrived to a bit of a culture shock. We were feeling pretty good in Hong Kong, with familiar Cantonese food and English spoken everywhere. Well, not in Beijing. We were overwhelmed by the scale of city. […]