Blogs from Qingdao, Shandong, China, Asia - page 3

Today we had the most fun we’ve ever had, and I’m not even kidding. We went to the beachside, and got pretty wet. We were around 15 minutes late leaving, so we were sad that we lost 15 minutes at the beach. After we got there, we were actually really surprised that there were very little people already there, because most of the time there are a lot of people at most public places. Anyway, the sand was super soft, and I enjoyed walking in it. I bet everyone was too. We got started right away on the tug of war, with two teams, boys V.S girls. Of course, the girls won every single time, but we had a lot more people than them. Boys are stronger than us anyway, right? The boys got mad, so ... read more

July 14, 2011 At 9am, I left my house. My dog followed me to the door, hoping to go to China with me. I hope he still remembers me when I return. My parents drove on Hwy401 to the airport. Before checking in, we discovered that we left my passport at home! It takes half an hour to drive home and half an hour to get back to the airport, 1 hour in total. I worried that I might cause everyone to wait for me. Fortunately, it only took half an hour. Instead of my dad driving back and forth, he asked a friend who lives close to my home to bring the passport here. That’s one reason why it's really important to have good friends. Luckily, I was not the last one to check in. ... read more

Today we finally arrived at Qingdao; it is a very cool and beautiful city even though this city isn’t a quite big city. In Qingdao the view is pretty. After the long trip yesterday, we woke up at seven for breakfast. We ate fried dough, fried rice and some congee, these foods are very tasty. The opening ceremony of this summer camp had started after breakfast, we were so happy because this is the first time everybody has been to Qingdao. We went to a presentation about the culture in Qingdao. The teacher introduced us some famous sites and food in Qingdao, these include: Tsingtao Beer, clams. And we enjoy these very much. For afternoon, we went to a place called “Zhan Qiao” which is a bridge that connects the shore and temple. There were lots ... read more

Qingdao is a city in Shandong province, just across the Bohai Sea from us in Dalian. I have wanted to go there almost from Day One in China partly because it is the home of Tsingtao beer and partly because of its history. Not to be outdone by the British and French, Germany carved out a niche in China in the 1890s and in 1903 the brewery that become the Tsingtao Beer company was founded. Five intrepid staff members and two spouses decided it would be a great weekend adventure before the pressures of final exams. The Magnificent 7! Picturing Yul Brynner leading us, five of us left right after school and took the short flight across the bay. The other two would join us later. We had selected the Castle Hotel which was supposed to ... read more

I love trains. In China you can take a train from almost everywhere to almost anywhere. And you can take any train you want: there are slow trains, fast trains, new ones, old ones, dirty, clean... doesn't matter, and they have one thing in common - they are all BIG. Of course, in order to fit in all the Chinese people that happen to take them. And indeed that happens a lot... I would say all of the trains are full of people regardless the time and place. They like mobile cities, you can buy food, snacks, fresh fruit, maps and most importantly new socks. There are toilets, hot water dispensers, restaurant and if you’re willing to pay a little bit more for the ticket, you can spent your journey in bed. There is nothing like ... read more