Continental Hotel Taiyuan
No.6 Shuiximen Street Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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... Studenten zu unternehmen. Außerdem ist unsere Vorlesungsreihe so gut angekommen, dass einige von uns in der letzten Woche nun auch noch ein weiteres Fach lehren werden.
Und dann beginnt nächsten Sonntag unsere letzte große Reise in China: Erst verbringen wir einige Tageam Strand der tropischen Insel Hainan, anschließend bereisen wir noch Hong Kong.
Viel Spaß mit den Fotos und bis ganz, ganz bald
euer Patrick
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The South End of Naishengtang
... We saw the aftermath of the first car accident we had seen on this trip. It was a fender bender involving two cars and was surrounded by a mob of people who all seemed to be telling their story to the police at the same time. Isn't it surprising that a small car accident could immediately attract a crowd, but no one noticed a baby being left alone on the street? Where were all the witnesses that day?
When ...
Life in the Park
... Taiyuan City has 3.5 million people and is slated to double in size in the next 5 to 7 years. I have never seen such a large number of tall skyscraper apartment buildings before in my life. Imagine if you would that all of the tall buildings in Chicago were not offices, but ALL Apartments. That, and more, is what we saw in Taiyuan. With that being the living arrangement for everyone, the public park is a real focus point for getting together with others ...
A Relationship is Formed One Small Step at a Time
... She looked at me and knew immediately I was right, and gave me the face that said, “I’ll give you this one sister but don’t overstep your bounds.” I did the first pig-tail, she evaluated it and then let me at the other side of her head. WE BONDED!!!!
[One more note on the block throwing for all of you other mothers out there. I know it’s a bad habit, and I did warn my boys that they could come to great harm if ...
Our First Day Taiyuan
... double in less than 10 years. The city is abuzz with traffic and people and smog. We were happy to see the sun at the end of the day because we feared that the thick air would keep us under cover all week long.
After getting established at our hotel we went out to see the surrounding area and to find a place for our boys to run. Keegan has been tossing his football around hotel rooms for more days than he can tolerate and so we went ...


