A weekend passes

Well folks, it’s been over three weeks since we arrived (back) in HangZhou.  It has been a feature packed three weeks, full of interesting (and some very uninterestng) events.  This is a quick update from the week that was.. On Wednesday night Matt and I played Texas Hold’em poker with a few people out at […]

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Meddling with the middling

Well, it’s been a sum total of three days in the Chinese education system, and my patience is pretty thin.  Apparently, I am not alone. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure it’s completely normal (in Chinese universities) to conduct classes teaching Chinese to non-Chinese speaking people (i.e. foreigners) almost exclusively in Mandarin, but it really […]

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A Sunday Walk

Heading out for a walk on Sunday we headed west to a reasonably sized local park and gardens.  Camera in hand, we took some nice pics despite the overcast skyline.  HangZhou has such a nice array of hidden gardens – oddly, all open to the public and 100% picturesque.  You really have to admire the […]

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