Zowie - whatta trip! I'm blown away by your amazing travels in Vietnam. As i was reading i just kept thinking how lucky the kids are that they have this rare experience and how they will be forever changed - always more open-minded, forgiving, understanding - because of the expanding world that they are experiencing. the pictures were beautiful - absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic! Suzanne! This sounds like you guys had an amazing trip on Ha Long! Just looking at all your great pics makes me wish we could go back. I think we got lucky though, b/c we are hearing stories about pretty bad weather blowing north up to Hanoi.
So glad to have met you! I hope you got back to Shanghai safe and sound.
Best,
Emily Rauch
Great blog! Love hearing about the former Hanoi Hilton...plus how Hanoi compares with Shanghai. Look forward to more details about Vietnam. Enjoy your holiday!
Best read yet Hi, Neighbors: Best read in 151 blogs! Hope you don't "get weathered out" in your travels.
The remnants of Hurricane Bill prevented our making four port visits in our circumnavigation of
the U.K. and Ireland last month.
Hi! I guess you live in Pudong...my son went to SCIS Hongqiao for 3 years. We have now move to Bangkok. Seems there are quite a lot of families living in Shanghai on travelblog. Fun! Hpe to meet you guys one day soon...Peter
Great blog! Loved reading about how you got drafted for a school talk on transportation. What a perfect topic for you...that's what you've been researching for a year...getting around without a driver. Loved Mark's story...and punchline...Live Spam. And loved your foot massage story. Those of us always envious of those long but cheap foot massages you write about...were not this time! Yow.
The Pain! Speaking of pain...my sides hurt from laughing at your hilarious description of your agonizing massages. I'm not laughing at you (or your pain) but at the image of Mark hobbling across the floor...all from an overzealous massage! Great blog - super funny and totally YOU.
One of the best Your 150th shows is now on my growing list of favorites. What fun to read about my daughter in Shanghai while using my laptop in a Paris hotel. Yet, I just chatted with the very famous Sooze just a moment ago. Yay! technology.
Happy 150th! A respectable New York hot dog in a Shanghai subway station. The world is definitely contracting. How great to have the World Expo in your city next year...and already a contact in your building. Nice work on Mark's iPhone. Open-pod surgery...good one.
Happy anniversary! Ours was yesterday and we spent it doing kid stuff too! Hope the kids enjoy Kung Fu - mine are both doing tae kwon do and they love it.
boxes Love the photo of the snack closet. How did you ever do this...bring all these snacks IN THEIR BOXES in your luggage? I'm thinking that the packaging must be part of their allure. Emily's face says it all. Obviously worth it.
Yeah Hey Soooze, so great to have your blog back in my life. You're right...it's the weather AND being back after three weeks of family and friends AND all those annoying things you got un-used to AND doing the Beginner 2 when you've had all those successes in communicating. I'm so THERE. Take a deep breath and do Suzanne in Shanghai Part II.
i never understood chi Hi Suzanne! First time back to your blog in awhile. Awesome that you are keeping it up! Bummed to have missed you during your trip back to Chicago and sorry to hear that you are feeling like it's hard to adjust on your return to Shanghai. Hope your spirits lift back up soon!
Nice to see you Thanks for the tip that by subscribing we can get the latest from you.
(I trust that you are working with a book editor with all this.)
It was good seeing you ever so briefly on this return home.
Larry and Carol
I am an American woman with a husband and 2 kids, about to relocate with my family to Shanghai.
The back story: We are moving because my husband is going to be working in Shanghai.
July 6, 2008: We are a bit less than a month away from the move and current postings chronicle the prep to get there, the logistics to be allowed to go there, and the coordination of all these things we have to do before we can go! Oh, and Mark is in China for about a month (the last month we are in the states and getting ready)...so I'm very busy.
July 28, 2008....2 days til the big move.
August 4, 200... full info
soooze
Suzanne S
thanks Linda (#1 fan)
Thanks for all your comments and continued interest.