Travel experiences, memories and stories about exploring this great planet of ours

Der Landgraf A2 Pufang Lu, Fangzhuang, Fengtai, Beijing 芳庄蒲芳路甲二号 This Saturday, Stick and I went out to German restaurant in Fengtai. We planned to trek out there, have lunch and then, assuming an authentic German restaurant didn’t exist in a vacuum, wander around the area. Der Landgraf was easily spotted because it had a winterized [...]

So I heard a rumor that the masterminds at Blizzard were about to change World Of WarCraft from a monthly subscription to free in China. I was pretty excited, my boyfriend and I have been talking about getting a copy of Chinese WoW to practice our Chinese as we slay bad guys, and waiving the [...]

Regular flyers are by now well aware of the Transportation Security Administration’s 311 system of allowances for carry-on liquid items: All liquids, gels and aerosols must be in three-ounce or smaller containers. Larger containers that are half-full or toothpaste tubes rolled up are not allowed. Each container must be three ounces or smaller. All liquids, [...]

The Donut Mill * 310 West Midland Avenue, PO BOX 5710, Woodland Park, Colorado 80866 * 719.687.9793 A 30 year tradition in the heart of Woodland Park, along Hwy 24. They claim the fame of being “The” Woodland Park Landmark. This nice little bakery/donut house has a friendly staff and incredible pastries. Their biscuits and [...]

The Orient Land Trust a.k.a. “Valley View Hot Springs” info@olt.org, olt.org * PO Box 65, Villa Grove, CO 81155-0065 * 719.256.4315 * 9 am – 10 pm. Open to the public 7 days a week – closed December 1st – 28th. This fantastic Land trust is dedicated to the preservation of natural resources, wildlife habitat, [...]

On Saturday, Stick and I roused ourselves from our WarCraft stupor and went out in search of sour cream. Stick thinks that a life without sour cream is barely worth living, and Stick complains so rarely that I mapped out a route from our apartment to the embassy district’s Friendship Store. We came out of [...]

Stick and I went to the Capital Museum to see the Treasures From The Louvre: Art From Ancient Greece exhibit. Stick and I are both classicists so we were really excited to go. It was great to see statues and vases showing stories we could “read” instead of seeing some guy… with a dragon… um… [...]

No, really. So in my last class today, we were playing Guess Who? (Made extra challenging because all the kids have the same hair color, eye color and are wearing the same uniform) when there’s an awful sound outside the window. It’s the sound of the skies opening, of torrential rain, of… some guy spraying [...]

The Muslim Noodle Shop just got better. I think I’ve mentioned that I love this place, partly because the food is almost always delicious, partly because it’s cheap, but mostly because the staff doesn’t laugh hysterically at my attempts to speak Chinese. They actually go out of their way to figure out which dish I [...]