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Chinese New Year Celebration is a big celebration here. Most of the Chinese schools have three weeks off. Our children have one week off as they just had a Christmas break. Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar, which is why the dates change from year to year. This year we decided […]
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We always spend Christmas in California. I enjoy the family and the traditions. However, arriving Stateside days before Christmas does take away the “fun†of getting ready for Christmas. The fake tree goes up, the gifts are purchased and wrapped in record time. When we arrive on the first day, we put […]
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This year for the first time, we decided to travel on the four-day holiday. We traded traditional turkey dinner for an adventure weekend. It is not a busy travel weekend as the only students out of school are American schools. Elle goes to the British school, therefore, she had no days off. […]
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It seems the bags were just unpacked from the Olympics and the bags are repacked for our holiday to Boracay, Philippines. To get to Boracay, it feels like the movie, “trains, planes and automobiles”. It is a night flight to Manila followed by a small flight to Caticlan followed by a boat to the […]
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We started our trip in Chongqing. I took the train down from Chengdu to meet the girls who had flown up from Shanghai. The trip itinerary is to board the boat on Saturday evening, travel down river through the Three Gorges (三峡) Sunday and Monday and grab a flight back to Shanghai on Monday […]
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What an experience of a lifetime! Terri and Andy joined us on our adventure we will always remember – the Beijing Olympics 2008. We did the ticket lottery 18 months prior to the event. With China residences permits in our passports, we were able to use all four Lyon passports to put […]
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May holiday is Labor Day week in China. The Szatkowski family is moving back to America. Therefore, we organized a three family beach holiday to Phuket. The Szatkowski family (Betty, Jimmer, Samantha & Jack) and the Humes family (Mary, John, Kelly & Erin). We were going back to the JW Marriott to enjoy the […]
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Spring Break and the family is ready for a beach holiday after a long Shanghai winter. We decided to go to Phuket, Thailand. The last time we visit the beaches of Phuket, Emersyn was three years old. The Szatkowski Family would be at Phuket, also. We decided to try the JW Marriott Resort as […]
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Aunt Terri is in town for a two week visit and we decided to embark on our first “road trip” out of Shanghai. We drove to Wuzhen, one of the preserved river towns in Zhejiang province, south of Shanghai. Our driver, Mr. Nie, told us it would be an hour and a […]
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After the New Year Holiday, we went to Tahoe for a little fun in the snow. Grandma, Grandpa and Terri joined us for our Tahoe Adventure. As soon as we arrived, the girls jumped out of the car to play in the snow. The girls wanted to go sledding. […] |