The 60th anniversary of communist rule is officially Thursday, the first of October. There will be a massive parade in Tiananmen Square with about 200,000 people participating in it. However don’t expect to see any pictures on this blog about it. The people living in Beijing have been told not to go near the square, [...]
On Saturday we went to the Summer Palace which is situated in the northwest suburb of the city. It covers an area of over 700 acres consisting of buildings,towers, courtyards and gardens which were once used by emperors and empresses. Built in 1750 by Emperor Qianlong as a birthday gift for his mother, it was [...]
When I arrived at school this morning I discovered that the school would be closing at 12:00 because some areas of Beijing would be shut down by the government so that they could rehearse for an enormous parade that is planned for October 1st. That date is the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the [...]
Today Paul, Crystal and I made a second trip to the hospital to try to get all the necessary paperwork completed for our visa . We left the hotel at 8:00 and took a taxi this time, so we arrived just as they opened. We brought along as many records of the tests done by [...]
Walmart has a huge supermarket and one section sells fresh fish,crab,shrimp and other seafood. And they were very fresh as these pictures reveal!!
China is famous for its tea and when I was a child I often heard the expression “all the tea in China”. There is a Chinese proverb “Rather go without salt for three days than without tea for a single day.”
Those of you who know me know how much I love my tea. Back home [...]
The cost of living in China is very cheap compared to Canada. As I mentioned in the previous post one Canadian dollar is worth six yuan. To give you an idea, here is a list of some things we have bought and the cost in Chinese and Canadian dollars:
- subway ride (one way) – 1 [...]
