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This post comes with a warning: It is an extremely long post. If you have the time, get a cup of coffee, tea or soda before you begin. Enjoy! Day One – Travel day to Chiang Mai, Thailand Our adventure began with a flight through Bangkok for the first leg of our flight […]
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This semester for an after school activity at Concordia, Emerysn chose Spirit Choir. She loves to sing and she gets to sing with her friends, a perfect fit. Since it is the Holiday season, the Choir performed at two hotels for the lighting of the tree. Ms […]
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As we had such a fun time in Yangshuo in 2008, we made plans to go again this year for Thanksgiving. This time we had four other families traveling with us. The families were the Humes: Mary, John, Kelly (9), Erin (7); the Jenkins: Jennifer, Scott, Sean (9), Sophie (7); the Bishops: […]
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A typical weekend morning you will find one girl curled up on the sofa and one girl in the kitchen. Emmy loves to curl up with a good book, which she does all the time. Elle loves to help with weekend pancakes. Jim’s little chef Average Rating: 4.7 out of 5 […]
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The Melbourne Cup is a big event in Shanghai. A luncheon with drinks, prizes and the race is an annual event. After four years, I finally made it to the Melbourne Cup. Jim helped to “make” a hat the night before since it is all about the hat! We put a scarf and some […]
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The day after Halloween ALWAYS involves the sorting of candy. Emmy counted her treats..163 pieces of candy. Then, she counted Elle’s treats..63 pieces. No worries. The rule of the house is each child gets to pick 6 pieces of candy she doesn’t want to share. Then, all the […]
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Halloween night could not come fast enough for two little vampires. We started the day with carving A pumpkin. Finding pumpkins in Shanghai was not an easy task. After looking all week, I finally found one on Friday. One pumpkin, two girls…the end result was a two face pumpkin. Each […]
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We ladies (Mary, Faith, Jennifer and I) went on a pottery buying adventure to Jingdezhen – a city famous for is porcelain and pottery. Jingdezhen is about a one hour plane flight from Shanghai, but with China delays, you can never be sure. The Shoppers: Brenda, Faith, Mary & Jennifer The Pottery […]
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It was a beautiful blue sky day in Shanghai. I wanted to get some photos of the new building construction that will make its home next to the Jinmao Tower and the World Finance Center (WFC). The construction site – digging the foundation for a 150 story tower Average […]
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Prior to the Holiday, Helen’s Grandma (my shopping buddy) gave Eleri a dumpling while we were in the lobby visiting with a friend. It was very tasty. I had Jim tell Helen’s Grandma I would like to go to the dumpling place. So, off we set on our bikes through the streets of Shanghai. […] |