Our First Olympic Event!
In line to enter our first event, 55 and 60kg freestyle wrestling! Notice the clever designs depicting all of the Olympic events on our tickets.
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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. ... [read more]
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. ... [read more] Blog: Olympics 2008
Date: August 20th 2008
Here we are at the Beijing 2008 Olympics! This first post will just be a quick one, as we can't upload any photos from our camera yet, but so far the Games have been nothing short of amazing. We arrived on the 18th and have already seen lightweight freestyle wrestling and men's beach volleyball semi-finals. Wrestling was INCREDIBLE. If you happened to catch the men's 55kg, you saw the 21 year-o ... read more
Date: August 20th 2008
Here we are at the Beijing 2008 Olympics! This first post will just be a quick one, as we can't upload any photos from our camera yet, but so far the Games have been nothing short of amazing. We arrived on the 18th and have already seen lightweight freestyle wrestling and men's beach volleyball semi-finals. Wrestling was INCREDIBLE. If you happened to catch the men's 55kg, you saw the 21 year-o ... read more
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We found ourselves a bit directionless and with wide open schedules after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007 with degrees in Psychology (Stephanie) and Spanish (Cody). So one sunny afternoon in July, we booked a couple of one-way tickets and found our direction -- China. We now sit in Hong Kong with objective one being get visas, objective two - navigate our way through the next month? year?two years? three? as we find employment, learn the language, soak in the flavors and ride the wave. Join us!... full info
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