We had a Super Bowl party over breakfast. One of the families in our complex had purchased the NFL Game Pass and had access to the Super Bowl. The official game festivities started at 7:30 AM here, so the families that gathered brought their favorite breakfast items to eat while watching the game. Someone said…
Music and Shopping
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….
Ghost Town
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…
IKEA Adventure
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…
Shopping
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….
Gathering
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…
Museum Pictures
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…
A Great Day
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…
Photography
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…
Cold
I never thought I would consider 40 degrees warm, but now I look forward to the next 40-degree day. It was bright and sunny yesterday afternoon and we decided to go for a walk to the local street market. Someone said it was cold and we were all encouraged to put on our long underwear….