Our room at the Astor

Tianjin for Two

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September 28th 2007
Our anniversary fell one week after we arrived in China. We were still jet lagged, had been in our apartment only days, and I had caught a nasty cold. We made the decision to postpone a celebration. This past weekend we finally felt settled in enough to venture away on our own for the weekend. It was actually crazy to have so much time to just the two of us, as most adventures here are group ... read more

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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. A... ... read more