Today the girls were finished early and with limited daylight (curse you winter), we decided to head over to another Buddhist temple in town – Longhua Temple. Entrance fee was very reasonable at 10RMB. It was the first time Kaatje was at Buddhist temple and she took the video you see...
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We weren’t sure if they celebrated Thanksgiving here, and although we don’t see much about it, City Shop does have a flyer. All the fixings for 12 people – 1380RMB...
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I need to get a new bed sheet and I heard rumors that the they sold cheap ice cream even here. So Kaatje and I took a trip over on the metro to take a look. We had dinner, walked around and enjoyed a hot dog and ice cream. The mustard was a sweet one, which wasn’t what I was hoping for. And only AFTER we got the 2RMB ice cream, we found the automated 1RMB...
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Kaelyn was off tonight to Xiamen and had to fly out from the PVG airport. Unfortunately, it is 50km away. The taxi ride was 165RMB there ($31CAD). Wanting to save money, I decided to take the subway back, even though maps says it was going to be 1.5hrs. I decided to take the high speed train for part of the ride, which travels at 300km/hr in town, cuts off about 45...
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Both girls had the day off with Kaelyn having a late flight out to Xiamen for a shoot tomorrow. We spent some time reflecting on Remembrance Day since there was no formal ceremonies here. Kaatje was in a fashionable mode to start the day. As you can see, it was a busy day at Yu Gardens since it was the weekend. Kaatje shares provides a video for...
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When Jay was here, we went to a Japanese restaurant and I tried beef tongue. Figured it was time for the girls to try it too. Then we FINALLY got around to trying the super frozen Smokie Cookie. We thought it was ice cream when we got here but think of trix cereal and some waffer cookies.
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