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OK, get ready for a long post as this is a full week of activities! In the past, we have always traveled on this week off. This year Concordia, Emmy’s school, doesn’t have the full week off AND it is beautiful weather in Shanghai at this time. So, we decided to stay home. […]
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We had a family discussion to see how the girls felt about spending Christmas in Asia. It is a big decision to not be with the family. Emmy said she would miss the Nutcracker and Gingerbread houses. Elle wanted to know how Santa and the Easter Bunny could get in our home. Why would […]
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We arrived back to Shanghai on August 19. We live two lives. We drop back into our house in Los Gatos for the summer. The girls play with the neighbor kids and it all seems familiar. The only except is our house is beginning to feel temporary as we haven’t lived there is seven […]
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When we arrived in Shanghai, Emersyn become friends with Mimi & Kate. We called them the 3-musketeers and the terrific trio. The girls were together all through first and second grade…until Kate moved back to America. Kate and her Mom, Mary Major came to visit for a week. They arrived the same day […]
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Let me start by setting the stage. John Humes and I set off together on a “boys adventure†for 9 days across the Tibetan Plateau. Lhasa has the second highest airport in the world at a mere 4, 300m (14, 315ft). The trip starts in Lhasa, traverses more than 1, 000km (660 miles) of […]
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Day 4 – June 29 – Lhasa to Gyantse I should have mentioned earlier that we had a guide – Bhuchung Tsering, a local Tibetan who had been guiding for about 3 years. He would work during the summer and freeze his @$$! off in the winter. He and the driver were going […]
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With the Concordia school schedule, the past couple of years, we have been flying home on my birthday. It is my birthday when I leave Shanghai and it is my birthday again when we land…a double celebration. Mimi held a very nice birthday dinner for me at her home upon our arrival. On the […]
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I had one of those China travel days yesterday. I am to be in Beijing most of this week to launch a new marketing initiative with 3 other companies, train the combined sales force, etc. All started off fine – arriving at the airport at 9AM for a 10AM flight, check in, security – […]
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For Emersyn’s 9th birthday, we are celebrating in Hong Kong. We decided to make this a birthday destination when one of Emersyn’s Shanghai best friends, Mimi, moved to Hong Kong in February. Then, Emmy’s Hong Kong best buddy, Angus, was coming from Australia. He moved back home two years ago. With the […]
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Today we had lunch with the Humes at a restaurant called Sidney. As you can guess, it was an Ausi restaurant. But the main feature was a sand pit in the middle of the restaurant. The kids had a great time playing while the adults sat back and chatted … and commented, “pretending we […] |