Archive | June, 2011

The Trip of a Lifetime

For five years this trip loomed over the horizon. For nearly a year now it has been reality. Soon, it will be part of our family history. It has been a grand trip, a great trip, one never to be forgotten. Understanding what we have accomplished on this trip will be better understood as we […]

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Reflections on China

This was my first visit to China, if you do not count Hong Kong. Margit was in China in 1987, so she has some perspective on the changes in China. My observations on changes, though, have to be based on what I have read, and the small bit of China that we saw. That said, […]

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Us at the great wall

The Last Great Sight

The Great Wall of China. One of the foreseen highlights of the trip. One of the greatest sights created, up there with the Taj Mahal and Great Pyramids, at least in my mind. So we did some research on it in the Lonely Planet Book our great hostel, The Red Lantern, lent to us. It […]

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