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Pottery of early Xi'an

Shaanxi Culture...with a rice curry to boot.

August 29th 2007
Today my two friends and I are off to the Shaanxi Museum to cut loose with some artifacts. This is my first museum trip in China since I hated the one in Beijing when I went in 2004. Wow, what a difference. I leaned a lot, got aching feet but felt like I made a real effort to understand where all the local pride in their province comes from. Shaanxi (and the city of Xi'an therein) are consider ... read more
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Iwent on a short trip to China and Japan for six weeks. last time I was in Harbin in 2004 which was in the far north. This time I am hitting Beijing, Xi an, Hong Kong and Macau. Japan will be very meaningful as I was there in April of 1992...wow. Dave will be meeting me there and we´ll hit Tokyo, Kamakura, Kyoto, Osaka and Gifu City where we are staying with friends. Second trip that I blogged was to Princeton NJ and Ottawa, for conferences. Different than the first but still a lot of fun.... full info
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