Category: Pictures

I really needed a haircut and I got one this morning. I was really looking forward to taking a hot shower after it to wash off any remaining bits of hair. The shower didn’t happen. When we turned on the hot water this morning there was none. Instead, the water coming out of the shower…

To give us all something to do while our movements are limited the families in our apartment complex have come up with some family project. Yesterday’s project was to create a song about the coronavirus. We haven’t listened to them yet but based on what we watched yesterday as our family was recording theirs, they…

The Corona Virus has modified our plans. We are going out less and wearing masks whenever we do. (For an excellent blog on the virus and its impact check out The Culture Blend here.) That doesn’t mean there aren’t fun things to do. This morning Grandma got all the grandkids together for family band practice….

The one thing that has always been a constant in China has been people, many people.  That wasn’t true on our adventure last evening.  We traveled across town to a place where you can get a great hamburger.  There is a Burger King relatively close by, but no one here would call that a great…

Yesterday’s vacation adventure was a trip to IKEA. This would be our first trip that required taking both the subway and a bus. We walked to the subway station and discovered it empty compared to the last trip we had taken. No one was running for the train and when we got to the train…

It is easy to spot a place to go shopping in our town. The places are big and often several stores are combined surrounded by large parking lots. It isn’t always easy to get to these places on foot. In most cases a car is required which explains the need for the large parking lots….

It was great to begin today with a Skype call to my father back in California. It was early Sunday morning for us, but Saturday afternoon for him. The technology all worked, and he was able to see and talk to all his China great-grandchildren. After that it was waffle morning as we prepared to…

These pictures were taken by my grandson during our visit to the China Science and Technology Museum.  One of our reasons for visiting the museum was to see the Marco Polo exhibit.  We almost missed it, but found it on our way out of the museum.  We were all tired, but very glad we stopped…

The kids are all out of school, so today we went on our first family adventure. We spent the day at the Chinese Science and Technology Museum. We left the apartment early and made the cold trip to the subway station. I had forgotten how many people you can fit into a subway car if…

Before he left to return to China one of my grandsons was given a very nice camera. He has taken some pictures with it but hasn’t begun to explore what it is capable of. We spent some time playing with the camera yesterday and today was our first field trip to explore what he had…