Explore the great cities of the world!
San Francisco has a reputation as a great food city. But it’s not like I’m going out for gourmet meals every night. And like any place, eating out can be a hit-or-miss proposition. I can definitely say that I had a good mix of eating over the 2016 sightseeing season in San Francisco.
I started off with a very filling breakfast. Sears Fine Food is a Union Square institution. Their most famous dish is their Swedish pancakes. It may look like they are 6 of them in the picture, but [Read more…]
Welcome to San Francisco! You’re gonna love it! [Read more…]
San Francisco, open your Golden Gate!
San Francisco welcomed me with open arms when I moved here from Boston 2 years ago June. And now 2 years later, I’m finally exploring the city. I still have 1 more day of sightseeing to go. [Read more…]
Shanghai and Beijing were the major destinations on my 2015 trip to China. Out of my 3 day trips, I was really impressed with Nanjing. Hangzhou has 2 must-sees: West Lake and Lingyin Temple. Tianjin isn’t the most exciting place (although getting a great Italian dinner in Italian Style Town is worth the 30-minute train ride from Beijing). In Nanjing, you get a bang for your yuan.
Make no mistake. Beijing is not the cosmopolitan city that Shanghai is. (Unlike in Shanghai, I was often the only white person in sight on the subway in Beijing. I got stared at in Beijing at times. This never happened in Shanghai.) Regardless, imperial Beijing is where the history is. This is why the most spectacular sights I saw on my 2015 trip to China were for the most part in Beijing. [Read more…]