Yesterday morning after flying around the world we finally arrived at home at 4:00 am. We slept till 11 and woke to the barking of our dogs at which Jeff and I looked at each other and said "were home!" . I am suprized to say that I feel very disorented. The lack of housing complexes neatly lined up for miles, the view of blue skies and the ability to understand the vast amount of conversations that are surrounding us as we eat at the local cafe are very overwhelming. I feel as if Scotty from star treck just beemed me [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, I want to apologize now and hope all of you will understand if: you start getting blogs next week about my dogs barking every time someone passes the house you start getting blogs about how I hate to cook and would really love to hire a chef to prepare for us healthy meals you get a blog of pictures I've uploaded of my: garden, mail man and local cat and put videos of Jeff coming home from work. It is clear to me as I sit in Hong Kong after an evening of gambling in Macau (and winning 30$) [View Full Entry]

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Last night we traveled from Beijing to Xian by train. Why train? first of all I will avoid a plane whenever I can- so 13 hours is doable and secondly, I really wanted to see "inside China". Xian is in the center of China so even though we were traveling by night I figured we would have a few hours of sunlight to see the terrain. I wanted to rough it but rough it BRENDA STYLE which means ordering a luxury cabin. A Chinese luxury train cabin has a bunk bed and a bathroom compared to a regular cabin where you [View Full Entry]

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One day about 35 years ago when I was a teenager, my Great Aunt Jeanie called long distance to inform us that she was going to be touring in China. Now in the 1970's I don't know how many people could say they new someone going to visit China let alone a relative, but I COULD> My Great Aunt Jeanne was going , for how long? her itinerary? I had no idea, but, brag to all of my friends I did. My Great Aunt Jeanne, wasn't just anyone, she had a colorful and an almost outragous personality in my childs mind. [View Full Entry]

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Good Morning Beijing! After flying on a plane thats "belly camera" was on during most of the flight-"Belly camera -What's a belly camera? " A Belly camera is a camera on the belly of the aircraft that films what's happening underneath the plane during the flight. This camera is on from before takeoff to after landing. That means that I was watching how the runway disappeared as we were taking off and how the new runway appeared a little too quickly as we were landing. I wanted to complain that this belly view of the world was not good for my [View Full Entry]

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When you ask people about transportation in China everyone advises "don't bother looking for subways or buses -just go with cabs they are so cheap!" I started to look for a cab after a vegan meal I had on Songshaw rd. The food was extremely spicey and I found myself sweating and drinking lots of tea to cool down the fire that was going down my stomach. This vegan meal was stupendous. With my belly full, something not to be taken for granted, I decided that it was time to hail a cab back to the hotel. Crossing the street [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, Today Jeff and I went to a town call Sozhou. I thought we were going to a small town the size of Yafo but it ended up being a small town of 5 million people. It was very intersting and I have uploaded pictures to give you a feel of the area! enjoy.. [View Full Entry]

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You asked for them now you have them... Jeff's hair looks great in the morning too.. mine was a different story but what does it matter.. I WEAR A HAT... [View Full Entry]

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The settting: Shanghai, China Time: Friday and Shabbat. Dragon Air safetly took us from Hong Kong to Shanghai friday afternoon. I have to admit I dont like flying in things that are named after blood thirsty animals. Keep in mind that I have to Get to Chabad center to make sure we have some kosher food for shabbat. I AM HUNGRY. We landed at Pudong airport at about 13:30, ran for a taxi and assumed we would be at the hotel with in the hour. Dont ever assume such things in China when it's pouring with rain. Two and half [View Full Entry]

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walked around to day in 35 degree humidity .. enjoy [View Full Entry]

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