I wouldn’t have agreed to go to Nantong if I had known there were no fast trains serving the city. I had already agreed to give a one hour at the city’s best middle school when I decided to check the train times. The fastest train takes 4 hours and stops everywhere and in any… Read More »
One of the enduring wonders of life in China is why the Chinese consider chicken’s feet edible. They come in all sorts of ways; boiled, fried, crunchy, soggy and of course raw, so that you can make them them to your own taste. DeJi Plaza is the largest shopping centre in downtown Nanjing and BHG… Read More »
I don’t often take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station but as I hadn’t got a ticket, and because there are plenty more fast trains from there to Nanjing than the old station, I thought I’d ring the changes. The ticket office is, thankfully, inside the station unlike other ticket offices (Nanjing and Shanghai old… Read More »
Lynn had her driver for the day and Mahjong had been cancelled so she was kicking her heels. I suggested she come down here, pick me up and we could go across to the island on the river where I had never been but often wondered about. It would be hard to get there without… Read More »
Spring came for a few days last week and hoards of people headed up to the Purple Mountain to see the plum blossom. Lynn and I decided to join the crowds but luckily she had her driver which saved a lot of logistical arrangements and walking. Even though it was a week day there were… Read More »