A running tab of movies I’ve seen in theaters or at home, and a quick comment about them. I’ve succumbed to the idea of assigning a personal score for each film. My scale: 4 Stars – One of the best, well recommended 3 Stars – Recommended, but some issues here and there 2 Stars – Problematic, hard to recommend 1 Star …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our third day in Beijing and travel to Xian. Sunday, November 13, 1988 We elected to forego the tour group’s visit to the Temple of Heaven in favor of spending the morning with Mary …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our second day in Beijing, seeing the Ming Tombs and Great Wall. Saturday, November 12, 1988 Bright and early, we boarded the bus and headed northwest to our first stop, the Ming Tombs. The …
We see Allie in Boston then all head to Cape Cod and Nantucket for the week. Saturday, June 15, 2019 We had a 2:05pm Southwest flight from BWI to Boston, which proved to be a very civilized time. Barb had aerobics in the morning and we still had plenty of time to get to the …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our first day in Beijing, seeing Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, Summer Palace and Beijing Zoo. Friday, November 11, 1988 Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Big Day ahead! This day, along with tomorrow’s …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our day touring Hangzhou, flying to Beijing and our first evening in Beijing. Thursday, November 10, 1988 I once again woke early with jet lag (Barb slept fine) and wandered down to West Lake …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our day traveling from Wuxi via Lake Tai by boat, a quick lunch in Huzhou and then by bus to Hangzhou, arriving for the afternoon and evening. Wednesday, November 9, 1988 Still feeling effects …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our day traveling to Wuxi from Suzhou via the Grand Canal. Tuesday, November 8, 1988 Our day begins early but not so bright as we leave our hotel in Suzhou and take a short …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers Suzhou. Monday, November 7, 1988 After checking out of our nice hotel in Shanghai, it was back on the bus for an hour-long drive across town to the Shanghai rail station. Once there, we …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers preparations and the first stop in Shanghai. From the time we got married, Barb and I wanted to arrange a trip back to Hong Kong and to see China. Any serious planning was deferred …