Posts Tagged ‘China’

We’re Still Here…

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 by virginia

Sorry for the lack of posts from China – Josh’s computer battery died while we were away (actually, the charger shorted out when we plugged it in), plus we fell asleep every night so early. Now we’re back but swamped catching up at work, and I’m still falling asleep at absurdly early hours. Not quite jet lag, since I do sleep through the night, just exhausted I guess. We did see some cool/pretty stuff while we were away, so I plan on posting pics as soon as we get them downloaded from the memory cards (yes, multiple. Josh got a little click happy while we were away). Unfortunately, the food pretty much sucked. We didn’t really get any time to go off on our own so we were stuck eating the tour-arranged meals only, and the dishes they served us weren’t terribly exciting. But we did manage to sneak in a few decent snacks in Shanghai and at a random rest stop stand, and those were probably the best things we had all trip. More details to come, soon, I hope.

P.S. Happy birthday to Alice!

Just a Quick Hello

Monday, April 26th, 2010 by virginia

Hi everyone! We’re currently in Xi’an after braving a terrible flight from Beijing and landing during a sandstorm. Needless to say it was not the most fun flight we’ve ever been on. Internet access has been spotty but it looks like we get wifi at our current hotel and hopefully we’ll be able to upload some pictures soon. We’ve just been super exhausted from all the sightseeing we’ve been doing and from jet lag so we’ve been going to sleep around 8 pm almost every night.

The highlight of the trip so far was definitely the Great Wall of China, but we’ll be going to see the terra cotta warriors tomorrow and those are also pretty incredible. Sadly, however, the food has not been great. Peking duck was pretty disappointing, and the food we’ve been eating has been pretty bland – nothing spicy or well seasoned. We’re taking lots of pictures though and copious amounts of notes on each restaurant so we’ll share details soon, if I can stay awake long enough to do some real posting!

Two Fat Bellies Hit the Road – Big Adventures in (not so) Little China

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 by virginia

We’re heading off to China today for a much-needed vacation from real life. We’ll be touring Beijing, Xi’an, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Wuxi. We’re super excited to climb the Great Wall, see the terra cotta warriors, and, of course, to eat. We already have a peking duck banquet and an imperial dumpling banquet planned as part of our tour package, but we’re also hoping to go out on our own and try some street eats. No worries, we have Cipro on hand just in case!

We’ll both being taking tons of photos, and Josh is bringing his computer along so hopefully we’ll be able to post along the way. I’m sure we’ll have lots to write about, and I still owe you guys posts on Flushing, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, plus a somewhat impromptu dinner we had at Jean Georges, among other good eating we’ve done recently. So please continue to check in over the next week while we embark on this exciting 11 day journey!