by Jim Quinn | Aug 24, 2017
10 August 2017 – Today was the first day of our tour. After taking a train from Jinan to Beijing in the morning – in the afternoon we visited the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. The first photo is the first / entrance gate to the Forbidden City. Quite...
by Jim Quinn | Aug 9, 2017
9 August 2017 – Today is the beginning of our extended tour of cities and sights in China. This is going to be absolutely amazing! Beijing (the Great Wall), then train to Xi’an (the Terracotta Warriors), then fly to Chengdu (the Giant Panda Reserve), then...
by Jim Quinn | Aug 9, 2017
8 August 2017 – This photo is of Xinzhu, the owner of the clothing store. The older woman is also a steady customer, like me! This woman was absolutely hilarious! And Miss Mary enjoying tea, cooling down from the 95 degrees outdoors and simply enjoying herself....
by Jim Quinn | Aug 9, 2017
8 August 2017 – And finally, yesterday, we visited a clothing boutique that I discovered when I first arrived in Jinan. The clothing, the I first saw it, said – ‘this is stuff Mary would love!’ I bought quite a few pieces for Mary, Oona and...
by Jim Quinn | Aug 9, 2017
7 August 2017 – So, after this gargantuan meal we all need to take a walk in the night air. People everywhere – walking, dancing together, going into the mall for air conditioning. It was probably 86 degrees, dew point at probably around 75 degrees –...
