Category: China

House Rules

I have written before about the time I got bumped from a flight out of Shanghai and the airline put us up in an airport...

Getting to Hong Kong

At Thanksgiving my family went to Hong Kong. Fortunately, our trip fell during a rare week of safe travel. We visited during a lull in...

Electricity

For the most part, I was impressed (or maybe overwhelmed is a better word) by how much money there was in Qingdao. Everything seemed shiny...

Crowne Plaza

When we traveled to Qingdao, China in 2007 to meet our daughter, we stayed in the Crowne Plaza. I’m not really a hotel person –...