I will admit right off the bat that Tianjin was not the most exciting place I went on my trip to China. But it’s a major city just a short high-speed train ride from Beijing, so how could I resist spending a day [Read more…]
China 2015 Food Diary, Day 8
When I got off the train at Badaling to see the Great Wall of China, I stepped into an arctic blast. By the ticket office, a woman was selling pancakes from a counter window. It wasn’t a fancy affair; it was meant to be eaten by hand. It wasn’t the most flavorful thing. But it was warm, and that’s all that counted.
After spending time at the Great Wall, I had lunch in a restaurant in the tourist village at Badaling. I must have been sat in the section for foreigners because the tables were set with forks. There were no chopsticks to be seen.
China, A Little History, Part 9
Boxer Rebellion
The infamous Boxer Rebellion. But what was it? Ultimately, it was a war between China and virtually the rest of the world’s powers. Guess who won. Hint: it wasn’t China.
The Boxer Rebellion started off as sort of the opposite of the Taiping Rebellion. The Taiping Rebellion began as an uprising by a somewhat irrational [Read more…]
China 2015, Day 8: Beijing, Day 3
Great Wall and Olympic Green
Great Wall of China
Today was the day for the highlight of my trip: my visit to the Great Wall of China. Coincidentally, this was the second time that the highlight of my trip was also the literal high-point of my trip. The first was [Read more…]
China 2015 Food Diary, Day 7
In the morning, it was the apple’s turn to be picked from the fruit bowl in my hotel room. Then I was off to the Temple of Heaven. It was another bitter cold morning in Beijing. So I was thrilled when I stopped into a gift shop at the Temple of Heaven and saw these hot filled steamed buns (bao) for sale. I got one, and it really hit the spot.
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