Beijing to Xian
We wrapped up our Beijing visit with a visit to the Temple of Heaven. This was the place the emperor would come to prepare himself for festivals and conduct sacrifices. It was a much...
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Beijing Part Two and Personal Space
Our second day in Beijing was spent checking off another couple Beijing must-dos off the list. We went to Tiananmen Square and then to the Forbidden City. When we were last there, it was...
Beijing Part One
It really feels like our first day in China was equivalent to 3 days. Days 2 and 3 weren’t quite so full, but worth a summary, so here it is. We left Mudanjiang in...
Mudanjiang
Our trip started out on a high note, for sure. We travelled from Anchorage to Seattle to Vancouver and then a 11 hour ride over to Beijing. The kids did great, watching movies and...
Technology
This is an oldie but goody. This is Amanda and I on our trip to China to pick up Jenna. I actually am trying out some new free software – Picasa – which has...
The journey continues…
Well, we have now completed our family and this is the start of a hopefully regular update on life with the Walches. If you want to see the journey of how we got our...
Goodbye Guangzhou
Yes, this is it, and the post will be short because it is late and we have to still pack!!! We did our ceremonial pictures on the red couch with Mattie. We had dinner...
Market walk
As I mentioned, today was a shopping day. We walked from our hotel to the wholesale jade and pearl market and a shopping mall. Along the way we walked through one of the oldest...
Happy days
Well, I have great great news to report… Carli Crying Countdown is retired, hopefully forever. I know you all have been in suspense, so I’ll report on this and then move on to other...
Running with the bulls!
Ok, not really, but I had a great time thinking so. I went out for a run this morning. I’ve been looking forward to this – to be able to run around and see...
