Tag: China travel

Cheers from Qingdao ... Touring the Tsingtao Brewery and Old Town!
Apr 1

Cheers from Qingdao … Touring the Tsingtao Brewery and Old Town!

Here’s one the first lessons of living in China: Nothing is ever spelled consistently. For instance, Qingdao, a town on China’s eastern coast, about midway between Beijing and Shanghai, is the very same as the formerly spelled Tsingtao, pronounced “Chingdow” (with the the “d” giving a slight “t” sound).  It is this same venerable town that…

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The Great Wall of China (Badaling Section)
Sep 11

The Great Wall of China (Badaling Section)

So, we finally did it, the Grand Poobah of many What-To-See-In-China lists: The Great Wall! That serpentine wonder whose image graces practically every Chinese restaurant.  That misty, sprawling feat of human endeavor recognized as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.  That singular, man-made structure that is so magnificent in size and scope…

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