Mandarin Geneva

... for our stop, count how many stops away it was, and also memorize the characters (form, not pronunciation, because she can't read Mandarin) for the preceding (one or more) stops.  Then as the bus proceeded she would try to count the stops, which ...

... cluster bomb. These would split in mid air and realease hundreds of 'bombies', spherical devices about the size of a mandarin packed with explosives and ball bearings. Designed specifically to kill (and manufactured by Honeywell up until the early 90's, ...

... made out like you could get lost in the place, when it is in fact just a few blocks in size ... it was still cool to hear Mandarin being spoken again. By the end of that it was nice to get back on the Metro and head back to the hostel to relax. One thing ...

... the secondary Chinatown, and I’d heard from Parisians that the food was tastier and more authentic. So, armed with a friend who spoke Mandarin, I hunted down the highly recommended Salon de Thé Wen Zhou, which FYI is in no way a tea salon. They put ...