Watch, Read, Listen

February 11, 12, & 13, 2016 – We're back in London….  We've got time for one outing tonight. Up for a trip to Harrods?   That's some pretty fancy sand art (in the form of a sleeping dog):   That's one over-the-top fancy department store! What to buy at an over-the-top department store???  Well, we…

23 February 2016 – How can that be?  How is that stinking possible??  We now have no one in our family that is in the single digits…..as today is… Ava's 10th Birthday!!! Ava with the Rosetta Stone  on the London Eye Happy birthday to our sweet, not-so-little girl!!!!   Ava is growing by leaps and bounds this…

10 February 2016 – Good morning to you all!  Today is another very exciting for several members in our family!  As you probably know, we're heading to Cardiff this morning.  Any idea why we're heading there???  I mean, Wales is awesome but why Cardiff specifically??? Do you want me to give you a hint? Yes???…

9 February 2016 – We picked an excellent time to leave Stonehenge – the wind was picking up and it was getting chillier by the minute.  Plus, the darkening cloudy skies loomed overhead making us all wonder when the cold rain would start coming down.  Beautiful and magical as Stonehenge is/was/will forever be….it's time for…

9 February 2016 – This morning we're picking up a rental car from a nearby Hertz rental place and making our way over to Cardiff (details on the reason for going to Cardiff will be given out tomorrow).   You know what's located between London and Cardiff???  Okay, so a lot of towns …Oxford….Bath….Cotswolds…but do…

8 February 2016 – Do you have a particular book series or movie that you really love?  I mean REALLY LOVE???   For us, that's Harry Potter.  (Though, as you'll find out it's not our only love….that's for later.) Last year Ava started reading the Harry Potter series…and finished it too!  Over the summer our…

7 February 2016 – It's that time of year again!  What am I referring to?  It's Chinese New Year in China….and that means it's time for us to make an exit for one week.  Where are we heading to this year???  Well, we were a little late in booking flights/hotels so going anywhere in southeast…

5 February 2016 – It's a cold, cold, COLD day in Tianjin!  Today is the Temple Fair at IST to celebrate the Spring Festival before we go on a one-week holiday. (yippee!!!!!!) We're in front of the Han Building (Secondary school) getting ready to watch the Lion Dance: The Lions!  Whew!  The lion dance is…

4 February 2016- On his way home from work Mark saw lots of fireworks stands and he just could. not. resist. them! We invited a few friends to watch the fireworks display. It's amazing what $150 can buy here!  Professional quality, massive boxes of chained together shells.  You light the fuse once and up go…

1 February 2016 – It's Spring Festival time here in China!  For most of the world this holiday is called Chinese New Year but here in China they call it Spring Festival.  Although, the nippy temperatures and Arctic wind blasting in our faces this morning don't exactly conjure up spring time images.  We're still knee-deep…