Mid-Autumn festival  is a bit like Thanksgiving in the US, family gets together and celebrates the harvest and family unions. For me, that meant 4 days away from work. I ended up hoping on a 4 hour high speed train down to Shanhaiguan, a small city on the sea East of Beijing. This is where […]

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Today marks 4 weeks living in Changchun. So far I can say it has been exciting, interesting, and fun. Coming here in the summer definitely is making adjusting and getting used to the city much easier than in the Winter. It pretty much stays below 15F from December to march, with lows down to -20; […]

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