Tag: foodtravel

So far on our Silk Road journey, the historical evidence of the oasis towns’ roles in the past was there if you went looking amid the […]

After our visit to Turpan, we took a super short train to Urumqi, which is the capital of the Xinjiang region. You know how state capitals […]

​Our next stop on our Silk Road journey was the city of Turpan (the English name) in the Xinjiang region of China. It’s also known as […]

August 9-10Dear little baby laptop diary, Today, August 9, is our third year anniversary! No not you I don’t even know you! Z and I got […]

After weeks of hustling around China on crappy trains, we made it to the ‘relaxation’ portion of our 5+ weeks in this country – four days […]

August 3-4, 2017Dear little baby infant laptop,​Don’t go to Shangrao.  Just don’t do anything that would make you have to go through it or near it […]

After our time in the city of Hangzhou, we left on a short train to Huangshan, one of China’s most important, and most spectacularly beautiful, sights. […]

Whenever I talk about Shanghai, I sound like Stefon. “China’s hottest city is…Shanghai. It has everything – street misters, yogurt jars, film noir, unidentifiable meat on […]

Time for a confession: I must admit that Z is the one that planned this trip. Doing the Trans-Siberian was always his dream, and it was […]

​Once we decided to do the Trans-Mongolian instead of the Trans-Siberian (Mongolia and China instead of just lots more Siberia? not a hard decision), we knew […]