Shanghai, the big city it is, has the advantage of attracting very cool events. From sports to some of the biggest acts in the performing arts (classical, pop, or otherwise), there is usually rumor of someone coming and quite a few events happening. Among the sporting events that occur in Shanghai every year, there is […]
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Hi all!!!! We’re back!!!!! This is Ana transmitting from my desk because I have a prep period. Haha! The life of a teaching couple is tiring!!!! We’re both out of the house early. We work on opposite sides of Shanghai and are at school for long hours, but that’s the job! Understandably, by the time
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So this past Chinese New Year in Hong Kong (the Year of the Ram…because goats and sheep are lame). Ana and I went and spent a week in the this wonderful metropolis! Hong Kong is my favorite city in the world. It takes all the crappy bits of mainland China and strips them away, leaving
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Shanghai tends to have pretty amusing streets whether it’s the old person in teddy bear pajamas or kids with impossibly red cheeks in costumes (so many kids in sheep costumes during the Chinese New Year festivities! It was adorable – but I still don’t know what’s the etiquette when it comes to taking pics of
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This is also an overdue post, but one worth sharing because a) Thailand is a beautiful, fun country, and b) We are keeping up with our goal of being in a different country (or place new to both of us) for our wedding anniversary (March 31). As such, we decided to spend our 2nd anniversary
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If you’re interested in teaching abroad, this post can help to give you an idea of what an international teaching apartment might look like. This was technically our 2nd apartment in Shanghai, but the first we were able to find and choose on our own. Keep in mind this was in 2014! Technically this update
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Our third week of Christmas break was spent in a small island in Visayas – in beautiful Boracay! This little island has been in the traveler’s spotlight for a while now – and has gotten a lot of buzz in the past couple of years. With buzz comes tourism and development, and with that places
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This school year has been a pretty splendid as far as traveling is concerned. We ventured to Guam and the Philippines for holiday during winter break. This past week or so, during Chinese New Year, we took our first, but certainly not last, foray into Japan – specifically Kobe, Japan. We kept a base out
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Welcome to the Philippines and Manila! Chinese New Year has come and gone. We returned from a wonderful (albeit rather cold) week in Japan that we’ll have a very hard time putting into words. Cameron will be responsible for updating you on that one. Too many cool things. In the meantime, we wanted to continue
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Every country and city has a landmark that everyone visits. It’s that one place that everyone agrees it’s worth going to, regardless of the crowds, or how worn-out by amateur photos it might be. In Guam, that place would be Two Lovers Point. The name Two Lovers Point derives from a Chamorro legend. According to
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