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Shaoxing Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Shaoxing, China
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Layin' Low In Shaoxing
... this place is the historical home of the famous Chinese writer, Lu Xun. I have never heard of this guy, but in China, especially here in Shaoxing, he's a pretty big deal. Anyway, we will be going to explore his home tomorrow and when I'm back in the ...
Yu Temple, Lan Ting Institute, and Pizza Hut?!?
... Ting Ji Preface. It was and is considered as the greatest calligraphic work of all time.” (http://www.uchinatravel.com/Shaoxing-Attractions/Lan%20Ting/) Not being able to really read Chinese, it’s often difficult for me to look at calligraphy ...
MTV Cribs: The home of Lu Xun and The Shen Gardens
... Shen Garden as a place to monumentalize the poet as well as the bailment of their clinging love." (http://www.sinowaytravel.com/Shaoxing-Attractions/Shen-Garden.2888.aspx In the afternoon, we happen to meet a couple of friends from Austria (Markus and ...
Writers and Wine
The next morning we left for Shaoxing and the Keyan Scenic Resort (Keyan Lianhu Luzen). This park was massive and quite beautiful; I wish that we had more time there. I'm not sure how much tickets were and, once again, I’m not sure that ...
A very very busy week
... / copy and send off requested materials. started contacting courier companies for quotes "determined, sure" Thursday: working organised to go to Shaoxing in the morning to have my physical (told that they couldn't do when I got there - wasted my entire ...
Shaoxing
... morning super early! We were ready for the bus at 6, but found out it didn't arrive until 6:30. Our bus ride from Hangzhou to Shaoxing was a little over an hour long so we were able to nap for a little bit. Our first stop in Shaoxing was at the residence ...
Final Day in Beijing (At Last!)
... . They walked us to a van where we put away our suitcases, then we got in and prepared for the drive to Shaoxing, the suburb that I'd mentioned in the previous post. On the way, I asked questions about our accommodations, particularly about sharing rooms ...
Mr Scrooge goes to China
... cheer in my family I'm surprised they're not celebrating Hanukkah. I thought I was playing the perfect scrooge leaving for China during the festive period though I found it a difficult act to follow with how enthusiastically they're adopting the ...
Lost in Translation? Not So Much, Actually :)
... , we went to lunch at a hot pot place. On the way, we met up with a couple of Austrian students who were, basically, in China for travel. Scotty invited them to join us, and we had a fairly enjoyable lunch. However, during the middle of lunch, the power, ...
Shaoxing
Hallihallo, diesmal hat er etwas laenger gedauert, bis ich wieder schreibe. Ich war von Mittwoch bis Sonntag in Shaoxing auf einer Baustelle. Dort wird gerade eine Maschine fertig fuer das Start-Up gemacht. Darum musste der Ruediger dort hin, um die ...
Visit the evoluting exhibit in China Dinosaur Land
... income must be something of a status symbol in China. Each time an entire class has invited me on a trip outside of Shaoxing it's been to an amusement park. They also don't tell me where we're actually going - still cant decide whether it's ...
Shaoxing- here I come
... two girls holding up a board with my name on it so it was quite easy to know where to go. After a 30-minute car drive to Shaoxing, we reached the hotel that I was going to be staying for the next few days. It was so lush! I was literally in paradise. I ...
Teaching English in China
... at Shanghai we were met by two students from the college, and had an interesting bus ride from the old Shanghai airport terminal to Shaoxing. We had seen photos of the college and had quite a bit of information about it, but it was quite outstanding to ...
Shaoxing and Last Few Days
... us to go Monica's house for Dinner. Monica's parents as expected can't speak English. However, there is another problem. In Shaoxing, people speak in dialect, which is like a completely different language. This has been a rather big problem for the ...
Get Me 50 cc's of Fat, Stat!!!
... and dressed, Robert gave me a brief synopsis of what the group did. They went to Lanting, an ancient city where famous Shaoxing calligraphy scholars had gathered in conference to discuss the subject many centuries ago. They took a lot of pictures. Later ...
Welcome to Shaoxing!
Alright, so I am now in Shaoxing China and today I did my first textile factory walkthrough. It was so different to see how textiles and the clothes we wear every day are produced and the amount of embodied energy those pieces of clothing have. ...
Welcome to the Shaoxing Shore!
... they had for us in the cafeteria on the third floor. The food was quite good and refreshing, especially since the weather of Shaoxing was unbelievably humid. It was like stepping into a sauna every time you walked outside. Despite this, however, the city ...
Shaoxing - Und der fahle Beigeschmack danach
... -Scheiben-ein-und-stuerzen-ab.html (deutsch) http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1cad5da-b545-11e0-81cd-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1T1dSuziH (englisch) Shaoxing an sich ist ganz nett, ein Mix aus Hangzhou und Xiangtan, es gibt nämlich immernoch ein paar verdreckte ...
Happy New Year and all that...
Yeah Happy New Year and all that... Christ! If I hear another Chinese girl say I look like Harry Potter I swear I might just strangle them on the spot. I can't be held accountable for my actions. It reminds me of how some guys back home might ...
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