Part 4 of our June 2009 trip to China with the Speizmans. Thursday, June 11 – Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Shopping I woke up early and took a walk on my own for an hour or so to take some pictures and see a bit more of Tiananmen Square and a few blocks beyond. …
Part 3 of our June 2009 trip to China with the Speizmans. Wednesday, June 10 – Great Wall, Ming Tombs The next day was no less ambitious as we piled into a hired car with Henry for a journey to the Great Wall. On previous trips, I had been to the Badaling segment of the …
Part 2 of our June 2009 trip to China with the Speizmans. Tuesday, June 9 – Beijing, Forbidden City With dawn’s early light we rose with jet lag. Barb was delighted find that the Raffles offered a full breakfast buffet, as befitting a fine hotel in Singapore or Hong Kong. After filling ourselves with eggs, …
Part 1 of our June 2009 trip to China with the Speizmans. Sunday-Monday, June 7-8: Washington to Beijing We flew non-stop from Washington-Dulles to Beijing on United Airlines. We departed on Sunday at 12:22pm and arrived at the impressive new Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital airport on Monday at 2:20pm the next day. The ultra-modern …
Allie, Barb and I went to Florida for a summer break, starting on June 28. We stayed with Grandmom and Grandpop for a few days, probably staying at the Hilton on Singer Island. Sue was staying with Grandmom and Grandpop, too. On July 1, Barb, Allie and I checked into The Breakers Hotel in Palm …
Barb went with Leslie in 2003 to pick up Leslie’s newly adopted daughter, Emery. In September 2003, Barb headed off to China to help Leslie with her new adopted daughter, Emery. Leslie wanted Barb’s help navigating in China and helping with the new baby, and Barb was happy to assist. The two of them went …
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 …
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 …