China Observations – playgrounds
Someone asked me “What country has the most shopping?”. Which is a silly question to ask me….. But! I now have the answer: Asia. And […]
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China Observations – iMiss (food!)
Have I done a couple blogs about ‘imiss’??? ah yea. there is it. I talk more about the “missing stuff from home” than I write about it, […]
Continue reading »China Observations – expensive day
Most of the time when I travel- I do it as cheap as humanly possible. I usually eat street food. Actually, I almost ALWAYS eat […]
Continue reading »China Observations – COLD!
As of this writing… it’s snowing…. STILL…… Eff you, Minnesota. But I shouldn’t complain. Because I have access to heat. FIRES! Glorious wool blankets! I thought […]
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Incase you didn’t get the memo, I’m house-sitting in Minnesota for my aunt. MINNESOTA. DURING THE WINTER. This is because I’m an awesome human […]
Continue reading »China Observations – Health care (attempt 2?)
I don’t know what happened to my last one. But here ya go….. ATTEMPT NUMBER 2!!!! (this took me all morning to figure out.) So […]
Continue reading »China Observations- Chinese Healthcare
Now…. a long time ago (almost a year!) I did a podcast about worldly healthcare. If you heard that- this is just another story about […]
Continue reading »China Observations – iMiss Food
When I first started traveling- I kept a log of foods that I missed. Actually, 95% of my days (while traveling, or otherwise) are spent […]
Continue reading »China Observations – buying stuff abroad
If my podcast hasn’t gone out already about packing- it should soon! And it’s a good one- BECAUSE! It talks about the awesomeness of buying […]
Continue reading »China Observations – getting lost
The scariest thing about traveling in a foreign country (for almost everyone I talk to) is getting lost. What do you do? How do you […]
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When I was in India – I kept seeing men holding hands. In their culture, it’s totally forbidden for men and women to hold hands […]
Continue reading »China Observations – CRAZY BACKWARDS!
I think I’ve said this before- but one of my favorite “games” while traveling is trying to figure out how to do the things we […]
Continue reading »China Observations – dinner party
I was talking to a friend about living abroad. I told her that everyone has different customs. Even if you went down south from NY, […]
Continue reading »China Observations – The Haircut!
I’ve purposely grown out my hair so I don’t need haircuts all that often (once a year?) But the last time I got it cut […]
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When we were in Africa, there was a lot of attention on Rhinos and not to take pictures/post pictures of them. (If you do, poachers […]
Continue reading »China Observations – “where do I buy…….?”
People here in Minnesota keep asking how my aunt is. I tell them “well, she can’t wait to come back. But I’m glad she’s taking this […]
Continue reading »China Observations – part 4
So- my aunt wrote this to me and I couldn’t help but think: “I feel the same way”… Here I am, in a new town […]
Continue reading »China Observations (#3)
I’m slightly behind on my aunt’s Chinese Observations. #2 talks about how they hired her husband/her to teach. The selling point was a “FAB LAB” […]
Continue reading »China – observations #1
This is something different… These aren’t MY posts– but my aunt’s. See, my aunt is living/teaching in China. She was born in Philadelphia and […]
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Ep16. Hospitals
Hospitals are scary…. But why? I’m scared of the cost- but what are OTHER people scared of? We investigate other countries (Australia, Canada, South Africa, […]
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