October 5th 2009  Asia » China » Shanghai » Fengxian » Nanqiao
after the first few days of being in china the National Holiday and Mid-Autumn Festival started and my dad got time off. So we went to suzhou for the holiday. my next few posts will be about suzhou. ... 11 photos [full story]

October 16th 2009  Asia » China » Shanghai » Fengxian » Nanqiao
Jim has had to work 8 days straight after the Chinese Holiday, so we have just done some local things. The last day of his vacation time, we went out with a couple of new friends, Julie and Tina. We w ... 18 photos [full story]

October 1st 2009  Asia » China » Shanghai » Fengxian » Nanqiao
We are finallly in China! it was about 14 hours from Chicago to China. We had a long delay in Chicago though. I took a bunch of cloud pictures on the flight. when we started to land (they start doing ... 8 photos [full story]

September 30th 2009  Asia » China » Shanghai » Fengxian » Nanqiao
It was a LONG trip, but we made it! It took 26 hrs from the time we left home until we arrived at our Chinese "home." Our flight in Chicago was delayed because they had to do some repairs, but I won't ... 9 photos [full story]

June 26th 2009  Asia » China » Shanghai » Fengxian » Nanqiao
We have returned from China and are actually now in Alaska! I decided to post one last bunch of pics from China before moving on to the Alaska pics! Before leaving China, we took Leah back to the Te ... 16 photos [full story]

June 10th 2009  Asia » China » Shanghai » Fengxian » Nanqiao
This past weekend, we went back to Guhua Park (which I wrote about earlier) both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, we caught a cab, showed the taxi driver a picture of the park sign from when we were the ... 57 photos [full story]

June 8th 2009  Asia » China » Shanghai » Fengxian » Nanqiao
Thanks to all of you who sent me birthday wishes - early, late or on time! It does get confusing sometimes trying to remember the time difference! My actual birthday was a pretty plain day - Sammy t ... 10 photos [full story]

June 7th 2009  Asia » China » Shanghai » Fengxian » Nanqiao
Xiaotang is what everyone calls a “ small” town and is just a 5-10 minute walk from where we are living. This is where the other people who live here do their shopping. King Kong, who work ... 6 photos [full story]

June 4th 2009  Asia » China » Shanghai » Fengxian » Nanqiao
June 1st is International Children's Day. Although the info I found online says that it is recognized in the USA, I have never heard of any type of celebration where I've lived - has anyone else? The ... 30 photos [full story]

May 31st 2009  Asia » China » Shanghai » Fengxian » Nanqiao
Thursday, May 28, 2009 was Dragon Boat Festival, or Duan Wu Jie, one of thre three biggest holidays celebrated in China. It falls on the 5th day of the 5th month on the lunar calendar and is therefore ... 9 photos [full story]