Daily Archives: February 4, 2011
CNY – some belated photos
We headed downtown for Chinese New Year’s eve night in the hotel. Our room was beautiful with an incredible view and the weather cooperated too. We went for an afternoon walk on the Bund… had a nice dinner and then headed back to the riverfront. Shanghai looks pretty great by night!! And then the fireworks … Continue reading
Science and Tech Museum
As our Chinese New Year holiday comes to an end (sigh) we are trying to pack in as much fun as possible. Today we went on an outing with many of our neighbors to the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. We started in the animal kingdom and finished in the Rainbow Science Area for kids. … Continue reading
You can count on it.
Counting to ten Blake Hossack style. One, two, wu, up, ba, eight, nine, ten. Confused? Allow me to translate for you. One and two are easy. We skip three and four altogether. Wu is mandarin for five. Up means six, it’s shortened from UPside down nine. Ba is mandarin for eight. Eight is English for … Continue reading