#39 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet "opening" Train-Ceremony on China-TV) July 6th 2006 Another train-ride of a life-time has been offered to thrill-seeking travellers. A train-journey into the highest altitudes and along some of the great vistas, on its way to the "roof of the world", from Beijing to Lhasa, commenced on July 1st. The celebrations and the first impressions were televised throughout the day, and some photos from my TV-monitor give some impressions of what I hope w ... 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