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How We Got Hooked on F1 at the Chinese Grand Prix

You are now the reader of a blog run by two legitimate F1 fans. Bet you didn’t see that coming, eh? For some background, we have a group of friends that are all F1 fanatics, and we congregated at local sports...

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March/April 2019 Months in Review

Where We’ve Been China: Shanghai (Julie – 57 long days, Drew – 46 days), Anhui Province (Drew – 4 days) US: Park City, Salt Lake City (Drew – 7 days) Sri Lanka: Columbo, Galle, Tangalle, Yala...

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Shanghai Disneyland The Hard Way

If there is one rule we’ve heard a million times about travel in China, it is to avoid going to Chinese tourist sites on holidays. We’ve all seen the horror show photos of choking crowds spending their much...

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A Trip to Anhui Province with Heart to Heart

When we moved to China as expats, I wasn’t sure exactly what I was going to do with my free time. I did not have a work permit, so full-time employment was going to be complicated. I could have easily found a...

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A Park City Weekend Without Skiing

“Maybe I’ll just fly from China for the weekend.” Sometimes, plans are hatched haphazardly, without much thought or regard to logistics, cost, and jet lag. That is exactly how my Park City weekend...

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What’s Saving My Life Right Now, Spring 2019 Edition

It’s been two years since I wrote several posts about the things, big and small, that were saving my life. I didn’t come up with this idea but basically, instead of thinking about the things that are just killing...