Category: Travel

Qingdao Shopping: Atrium City and Taidong

When you’re 10 years old, the most important part of traveling is buying souvenirs for your friends, so we spent our first afternoon in Qingdao...

A Day at the Beach

Despite total exhaustion after a 26-hour travel day, we woke early on our first full day in Qingdao. We were the first people in the...

Chinese Devices

I can’t call this a post of “tech tips” because I am by no means expert enough to dispense advice about technology. I never did...

A Beautiful Smile

A few days into our trip, my daughter commented that people in Qingdao seemed nicer than people at home. She said, “Even when it’s their...

Stink Eye

My daughter is convinced that everyone is staring at us. This notion is ridiculous. Not quite half the people we pass stare at us. Staring...