Passover is one of my favorite holidays. I love the readings on slavery and freedom, and the discussions around the dinner table. I also love the food. Matzoh ball soup is one of the world’s greatest dishes!
Of course, you can’t buy matzoh in Jinzhou. There just isn’t a market for it [...]
Most comprehensive travel guides of China do not even mention Jinzhou. One that does is the DK Guide. It mentions exactly two tourist attractions near this city: the Wenyu Dinosaur Museum and Bi Jie Shan. So far we haven’t been to see the Confuciusornis, but last weekend we went with a [...]
I have off every Friday morning, which is really nice. This morning I am lazing around, savoring a pot of jasmine tea, and thinking about last night’s entertainment.
The medical school is in the middle of a foreign language festival and last night the students put on short plays in English. They were all funny, [...]
In celebration of our first Chinese pay day, and as a birthday present for me, Josh and I bought a DVD player. Now we can enter the world of pirated movies! We started out with just two films: The Lord of War (don’t watch it, it’s crap), and Capote (great, but PSH’s [...]
Emily, Joshua and Artemis now live in Philadelphia, PA. They used to live in Qingdao, People's Republic of China.
Monthly Archives: April 2006