Directly across the street from my windows, every morning a mobile- bicycle shop on wheels offers his services (front), and under the umbrella behind sits a woman, offering her sewing services on wheels.
#29 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (The streets of Taizhou) June 9th 2006 Pictures often say a thousand words. Let me share a few I have accumulated. Each of the some 25 photos is a glimpse of the daily smoreges-board of sights and sounds and tastes and smells, that surround the visitor in the city of Taizhou, Jiangsu, China. : ... read more
Asia » China » Jiangsu » Taizhou 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
After 38 years as a Foreign Language Teacher and Foreign Language Dept. Chair at Coral Gables Sr. H.S., and A.J. Professor of German at the University of Miami, I have left Florida in June of 2006, where my home is in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. I have just signed another year's teaching-contract (my 8th year now) with Taizhou University in the city of Taizhou, located about 3hrs north of Shanghai, in Jiangsu Province, CHINA.
I thought it would be informative for others and rewarding for me personally, to log the progress of my efforts from beginning to end, as a Travel and Photo Jo... full info