by Alison | Oct 15, 2025 | Blog, Travels
I love places of natural beauty, and 九寨沟 (Jiuzhaigou) is one of the most amazing places that I have visited in China (get used to hearing that because my next few adventures were all incredible. On Tuesday morning, Jaye and I woke up early so that we could go have our...
by Alison | Oct 8, 2025 | Blog, Chinese Language and Culture, Travels
I’m so incredibly thankful for friends who find interesting and fun things to do while we’re traveling. As you have seen from previous posts, Jaye is one of those people. She loves to explore, and as a Chinese, she has a lot of the historical and cultural background...
by Alison | Sep 30, 2025 | Blog, Chinese Language and Culture, Travels
One of the things that I really wanted to do while I was in Chengdu was to go to a panda conservatory and see the pandas. The first time I was in Chengdu for just 16 hours (several years ago), we had time to go to a mall and see the giant fake panda climbing onto the...
by Alison | Sep 16, 2025 | Blog, Just Life, Travels
Before traveling to Chengdu, I spent my last morning in Chongqing visiting a park with another view of the city. It was green and beautiful, but by the time I left, it was also very hot. I was hoping Chengdu would be a bit cooler! Stone rope bridge For lunch, I went...
by Alison | Sep 9, 2025 | Blog, Just Life, Travels
I’d never understood the appeal of solo traveling until last summer when I ended up in Hawaii for a couple of days staying with friends of friends but on my own as far as sightseeing was concerned. Since I was in Hawaii for a friend’s wedding, I spent most of the time...
