That was Jenny G’s question to our fitness group in Winter 2014. A fair question. And one that I asked myself nearly everyday of our Expat years living in Shanghai. From riding tandem a top the Xi’An wall to learning to play Mahjong with Dennis at his mommy and daddy’s Shanghai home during Chinese New Year 2015 or sprinkling my mother’s ashes among the flowers in the ***garden with flowers*** on Tiananmen Square (“Gate of Heavenly Peace”) in Beijing or eating roe from Dungeness Crab with Iris’ Grandma or traveling to Guangzhou to pick Oolong tea leaves. You get it now. Who the hell moves to China? Dang.. I think everybody should. Or at least visit a friend who lives there 🙂

So in total, during our three years living in Shanghai, we traveled to five cities in China along with eleven additional Asian countries. We have collected a lifetime of memories and with this blog, I intend to share with you as many as my little brain can recall. Following are some bits of those special memories in pictures below:

Spring Break 2014 Look-See Trip

Zhujiajiao, a 700-years old ancient water town in Qingpu District, just outside Shanghai

Xi’An, China

Shanghai, China – Chinese New Year 2015 celebration

Beijing, China – picture bits of National Holiday 2015

Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China – pan roasted green tea produced mostly by hand and renowned for its high quality.