North Beach (Part 1), Russian Hill, and Washington Square
I took a lovely walk through Chinatown on the way to North Beach in the morning. The borders between the 2 neighborhoods are getting very blurry. [Read more…]
San Francisco 2016, Day 1, Part 2
Barbary Coast Trail–Embarcadero – Fisherman’s Wharf to Nob Hill
I had seen so much already on my 1st day of sightseeing in San Francisco. And I still had so much more to see! [Read more…]
San Francisco 2016, Day 1, Part 1
Barbary Coast Trail–Old U.S. Mint to Telegraph Hill
Welcome to San Francisco! You’re gonna love it! [Read more…]
China 2015, Day 9: Tianjin
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, 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…]