Category: Travel

Yet Another Charming Streetscape

When I visited Qingdao in 2015, I stayed in the historical German Concession area. The neighborhood’s mixture of European and Asian architecture constantly reminded me...

Boonie Bears

When my oldest daughter was ten, she and I visited her birth city, Qingdao. Every day, we woke up early and gorged ourselves on the...

Forbidden Panda

People behave badly at Chinese zoos. China just doesn’t have the same standards for animal welfare, and most people aren’t as familiar with wildlife as...

Freedom Fliers

May Wind 五月的风 is located in May Fourth Square on the waterfront in Qingdao. The park and its sculpture are dedicated to the The May...

The Games We Play

Movies always show groups of old men sitting around playing board games in the park, but I had never seen it in real life. Then...