thoughts, tales and travels
Trip to China, fall 2018
Today we took a 40-minute train ride from Shanghai to Suzhou. The Shanghai train station and fleet of bullet trains all look shiny-new. Most people are still off work enjoying the week of national holiday, so the station was very crowded. Our trip went very smoothly in spite of the...
Will I be able to climb the 800 steps to the Great Wall? I wonder this as I slowly climb up the steps to Eugene’s Skinner Butte. Should I bring a hairdryer or more underwear? Probably the hairdryer. I can use it to help dry the underwear when I...
Eugene to Seattle: Delta 6855 Saturday, September 29, 11:17 am Seattle to Shanghai: Delta 589 Sunday, September 30, 7:15 pm Looks like we’ll be losing a day somewhere during our 13 hour flight! At least we’ll be arriving at “night,” so we’ll be able (theoretically) to get a good night’s...