It was the Lifeline fundraising quiz and I had managed to get some colleagues and friends together and support Ans with a quiz team to help pay for the phone lines. Lifeline is a very worthy cause because it provides free support for foreigners in Shanghai when they need emotional support. I was so successful… Read More »
There is no shortage of fantastic street food on Nanchang Lu near XiangYang lu. Street food stalls sell pancakes, flat bread with meat in, fried dumplings, noodles and even the best bagels in town. However, some people who work in the offices on that junction still order their lunch on their phones and have delivery… Read More »
The warm weather brought everyone out onto the streets this weekend. Even my neighbours have started taking their early morning tea sitting in our lane. I had a disgusting cold but forced myself out of the house and down to Laoximen to explore the lanes in the old town. I had to put a marker… Read More »
Some foreigners here buy everything imported, fruit, veg, meat, the whole lot. All I can say is that they must have more money than sense. There are plenty of scare stories about chemicals on fruit and veg and MSG in everything but I think if you are the sort of person who is fussy about… Read More »
Another year, another St David’s Day bash but this time at the Kemplinski, a step up from the rather tired Peace Hotel. There were companies from all over Wales who had just arrived on the first leg of a trade mission accompanied by a Welsh government minister, Ken Skates, the Welsh poet laureate and other… Read More »
Wow – back after three weeks in the UK and I have managed to get to Harpenden, St Albans, Inverness, Sheildaig, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Stow-on-the-Wold and other Cotswold gems, Ledbury, Leominster, Shrewsbury and London. I have eaten ad drunk and laughed with Jim, Renee, Alex, Tom, Tudor, Teal, Roger, Eleanor, Graham, Pauline, David, Sue, Mairi, Jon,… Read More »
Snow and more snow, that’s what was forecast and sure enough it came down. I got up to find a snowy Tooting Bec and make my weary way trudging through the fresh snow to Paddington where I had planned to have a leisurely breakfast with an old friend and then hop on the Heathrow Express… Read More »