YIXING: a little trip over the weekend 20 October 2009 in Uncategorized, Yixing

The Yixing Economic Development Zone sponsored us (and other foreigners) to go to Yixing to attend the 2009 Golden Autumn Festival Economy & Trade Fair. It was very very generous of them and we were well taken care of for the whole weekend. Everything...
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HOLIDAY TIME IN YIXING! 17 October 2009 in Uncategorized, Yixing

We’re off to Yixing for the weekend! It’s an all-expenses-paid trip by the local China government, and they’ve been really nice to invite us. It’s because the Autumn festival is being held there, so they want a whole lot of foreigners for the opening...
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SKIING IN SHANGHAI 16 October 2009 in Living in... Shanghai, Uncategorized

WE WENT SKIING!!! Yep, YinQiXing Indoor Skiing Centre is China’s first indoor ski centre and first in scale in the world. Coolness. It’s about half an hour by taxi from the city, which is not bad at all. Chris has been gagging to go...
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ISTANBUL RESTAURANT AND BAR 15 October 2009 in Food reviews - Shanghai, Uncategorized

Istanbul Restaurant and Bar 900 Huaihai Zhong Lu (????900?B?B1) Shanghai, China PRICE: ??? RATING: We randomly stumbled onto Istanbul Restaurant and Bar whilst walking along the busy Huaihai Road one day. It’s tucked away in an empty building, in the basement. Man, talk about...
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SHANGHAI ACROBATIC TROUPE SHOW! 14 October 2009 in Living in... Shanghai, Uncategorized

We got ourselves some tickets to the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe show, because amazingly, we’d never had a chance to check out an Acrobatic show since moving to Shanghai earlier this year. Chinese acrobats are famous for being flat-out excellent. I really think that the...
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