#124 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Qingdao, China's German City)

an amazing city
Hi, Hans, I was your student last year when you teached at Nanjing Normal University Taizhou College. I went to Qingdao last summer. But I went there by bus. It took me 7 hours. It's an amazing city which is impressed me so deeply. I'm so familiar with these photoes. Actually, I also went to Penglai and Yantai. They are two cities which are very close to Qingdao. Did you go these two places this time? They are also very beautiful. Btw, you look younger than before. Have a good day.

It's almost like history text book.
Thanks for good information & nice photo. I live in Seoul, Korea & like travel so I always serching for vacation destination. but even though Qingdao is near from Korea, Qingdao is always skipped from my travel list because the travel guide book provide not sufficient information like you & many Korean working there informed me there's nothing much. I decided to go to Qingdao next holiday. If you travel all around China, how about visit Korea?? There's over-night ferry from Qingdao to Incheon, seaport of Seoul. You told me Qingdao was occupied by German before but now it's occupied by Korean company. There are too many Korean & Korean company due to cheap labor cost.

man~ u really good at writing
hey,i have to say nice job~ so suprised u know so much stuff about China and glad u travel a lot like me. lol, i just came back TaiZhou yesterday~i am gonna travel korea at june 10th, do u want hangout do somethin? busy man....

beautiful

Brings back memories
Yet another great blog, Hans! Looks like you had much better weather for your visit than I did a couple of years ago. I too enjoyed the city of Qingdao. One picture that sticks in my brain is that of locals arriving at the little dumpling cafe near where I was staying with plastic bags (normal bags as are given out at supermarkets) and filling them with beer. I was fascinated that there was no spillage or leakage!! Still luke warm beer out of a plastic bag doesn't really send my lips smacking! What about you? Sue

nice photo
nice photo, thanks for sharing them. hehe

The photo of that old traditional rail station does bring up a bit of nostalgic melancholy. It's such a commom sight in Germany, as if it's been standing in lonelyness over the centry somewhere in a quite suburb of a town, could be Cottbus, or Siegen wherever, loyally greeting its few passengers every day; Whereas in Qingdao, this ever crowded station has witnessed many historical events, which might be forgotten, but never erased. Our modern life is a madly spinning roller coaster, so was it of the old time. Luckily, these unique landmarks have survived and are well-preserved. A great legacy for the generations to come! A very pleasant piece to read and enjoy.

Na wah oh
the house look goog