Qingdao
Travel Blogs from Qingdao, China
Beer capital of China...
... to explaining the love of Kenny G and Keey G like music everywhere I go. It remains the most disturbing thing about China to date. Qingdao. I don't quite know what to make of it. It's modern - very modern - almost like Singapore in its waterfront ...
Sobering news on the beer front
... . In 1903, two businessmen, German and British, invested 440,000 yuan and opened a brewery in Tsingtao, now known as Qingdao. The company, registered as Nordic Brewery Co Ltd (Tsingtao Branch), was the first brewery set up with European technology on ...
In search of my German heritage
... station building, magnificient villas and splendid gardens. Lying on the southern bank of the Shandong Peninsula, Qingdao is one of China's most attractive cities, integrating modern cityscapes with old European-styled architectures on the mountain slopes ...
Non-stop nothing
... had the 10min ride to the ferry terminal, then the 20min wait for the ferry, then the 30min ferry, and finally the 30min drive. "Qingdao" Technical and Vocational College huh? It took us a few days to work out, but we're actually in a place called ...
From the mouth of babes
... moistens things. *Huck explores Jim and wants to make Jim free. *Jim wants to be free either with Mary or Aunt Sally. *Western people like coffee while we like tea in China. Coffee represents liberalization, compared with the conservatism of ...
Escape from Huangdao
... , with a somewhat stir-crazy feeling with the scenery in town (grey apartments, grey roads, cellphone shops) we headed into Qingdao for an overnight (using our fantastic 3-day weekends. Yay!!). Had a fairly successful trip over (with the exception of ...
Because its there
Well, we just had our next little weekend in Qingdao. Having sufficiently recovered from Beijing, we headed to locations a bit closer and climbed a mountain. The usual Chinese bizarreness at home. Got our papers and stuff finally sorted out - according ...
And there ends the lesson for the day
... - with all the karaoke in the country you tend to miss hearing an actual band. Also of course continued our search of Qingdao for decent Western food (still just the Italian restaurant and Subway). (While I remember - just worked out the other day ...
Marry Xmas To All - Chinglish in China
... from about 2 days after that momentous event and the novelty wore-off, one of the oldest hobbies for foreigners in China started - snickering over Chinglish signs. The level of English in China is somewhat lower than other countries. Presumably that ...
Ich will Oreos!
Mein erster Massanzug ist in Bearbeitung. Mein Laptop bockt und ich hab Bock auf Oreo. Die Sushis von gestern waren kein Problem. Bis jetzt scheint mein Immunsystem sehr effektiv mit der hiesigen Hygiene zu kämpfen, ich war noch nie krank. Ich bin aber ...
Sloth in the Sun
... with mustard, mashed potatoes, and sauerkraut. We had Paulaner beer and DAB. I never liked beer much before coming to China, save for Abita Amber, but I've grown to like and appreciate it since it's often the only beverage available in Chinese ...
A Weekend In Qingdao
... during the Olympics this summer. On Saturday, we did a ton of sightseeing and even more walking! It was really nice :) Qingdao has several old German-architectured churches which we went to visit- and were pleasantly surprised to find that they are ...
Abschied
... gehabt. Sie ist mein Fenster zum chinesischen Denken und Leben. Was sehr schwer fehlt, ist der Abschied von Qingdao. Ohne andere Städte in China gesehen zu haben, bin ich mir sicher, dass Qingdao ein kleines Paradies ist in diesem grossen Land. Ruhig, ...
Aussies, Kiwis, Brits and a few Chinese
... in the games...has to be an all-time record. I have heard the volunteer staff is enormous games wide. Hear in Qingdao, they are everywhere, 2 sometimes 3 to every post, smiling, waving with a NeaHow and a warm Hello. Today a ...
6 AM - Saturday in Qingdao
... before the time of "reforms and opening up" ?. The population has exploded over 20 years in Qingdao and all along the eastern coast of China. Manufacturing and shipping them west has transformed this place. Foreign capital has developed this part of the ...
Bombenpack
... morgen ging ich fötelen. Jetzt versende ich mein Hab und Gut. Schon um neun stand ich auf, ich will meine letzten Stunden in Qingdao nicht verpennen. Mit dem Fotoaparat fuhr ich in den dreckigeren Teil der Stadt, der so ist, wie ich mir China eigentlich ...
Ich brauch Sonne und Webspace
Mein Webhoster nervt, das Wetter nervt, Windows nervt. Mir ist immernoch kalt. Wenn man sich beklagt erklärt jeder, dass es hier keinen Frühling gibt. Dieser hurtige Wetterumbruch findet aber je nach gefragter Person im Mai, Juni oder Juli statt. ...
Gabriel reloaded
Verflucht sei die chinesische Schrift! Ein unmöglich Ding. Meine "Frisur" war es auch. Ich lerne die Wörter hier richtig schnell, aber die Schrift ist wirklich hirnrissig. Wieso kam hier in all den Jahrhunderten nie jemand auf die Idee, die ...
Qingdao
... egg and rice. Either we really were deathly hungry or it was delicious. Nearby was Beach #6 (there are 13 renowned beaches in Qingdao), so we went there to check out the scene and enjoy the water. We really should have gone further out into the city ...
Fertig Tiandihui
Die Arbeit ist fertig, die Medizin auch. Nach meinem letzten Arbeitstag lud die Firma zum Abschiedsessen. Es kamen 15 Leute aus dem Sales Departement, die Hälfte habe ich noch nie gesehen. Wie immer gab es reichlich zu futtern und trinken. Man ...
Wochenbilanz 2
Schon wieder ist eine Woche vorbei. Das ging unglaublich schnell. Hier sechs neue Erkenntnisse: Pro: -Qingdao ist behindertenfreundlich. Es gibt hier überall Rampen und selbst die Busfährpläne sind in Blindenschrift geschrieben. Nur im Bus hat man ...
Chillig
Ohne Schule is das Leben schöner. Seit ich keine Schule mehr habe, arbeite ich in der Nacht und schlafe am Morgen, das passt vielmehr in meinen Rythmus. Heute gönnte ich mir am Vormittag noch ein Nickerchen am Strand. Am Nachmittag treibe ich jeweils ...
I <3 Weekend
... chtigte Chi mu lu (Alexander korrigiere!), ein Shoppingcenter ramschvoll mit Fakes. Auf dem Weg entdeckten wir ein neues Quartier, China Hardcore. Spritzende Muscheln, live schlachten und jodelnde Grossmütter (siehe Video). Da muss ich mit meiner Cam ...
Best Country to Lose Your Bank Card In
... lingering cold so he decided to stay in our room for the morning. The Governor's Mansion was built in 1908 for the governor of Qingdao when it was under German colonial rule. Later, both Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping stayed in the house, which is now ...
Pleite.
Die Heimreise ist gebucht. Meine Ersparnisse sind weg. Reisen ist ruinös. Besonders die transsibirische Eisenbahn zehrt an meinem Konto, 4000 Stutz auf einen Schlag. Zeit also, wieder fleissig zu sein. Die Programmierung von Werbegeiz beginnt nächste ...
Tricky Math
... Sadly, this was the agonizing lesson that punched me in the stomach at 8:04 p.m., literally one minute prior to our plane departing for Qingdao. Had Matt and I actually been sitting in Row 7, seats A and C at 8:04 p.m., the moment of my epiphany, all ...


