by Alley Mason | Jul 17, 2018 | Miscellaneous
My Time in Shanghai I wrote most of this post in early June, but have been back from China for a while. Shanghai was a fascinating place to end the trip, and we stayed for 3 days. Mr. Chow grew up and attended college in Shanghai, so I was able to get a full tour of...
by Alley Mason | May 31, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Xi’an: Terracotta Warriors, Little Goose Pagoda, and City Wall We rolled into Xi’an on the bullet train on 5/27, which was a great experience. We rode first class seating, which was nice, on a slightly older generation train. There was no WiFi, but the train easily...
by Alley Mason | May 27, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Beijing: Hutong, Beihai Park, and Summer Palace 5/25 was my last day of private tours in Beijing, and my last day of Beijing history! We visited the Hutong streets in old Beijig, Beihai Park, and the Summer Palace. Hutongs date back to the Yuan dynasty (1206-1841),...
by Alley Mason | May 26, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Beijing: The Great Wall, and the Ming Tombs According to my Fitbit, I climbed 83 flights of stairs on the Great Wall of China. I’d been excited to climb it, but I didn’t realize how much I’d love it or how exhilarating it’d be. I could’ve stayed up there for hours....
by Alley Mason | May 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Beijing: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, and Temple of Heaven I’m writing this blog post in the Notes app of my iPhone, on a bus ride to the Great Wall of China! I have no cell service or internet outside of the hotel, so I have to entertain myself somehow. However,...
by Alley Mason | May 21, 2018 | Miscellaneous
China Travels 2018! This blog has fallen out of use in the past couple years, but since I’m now in nursing school and will be getting a hearing assistance dog soon, I’ll be starting up the posts again! For now, I’m using this blog to document my days in China, since...
