Our apartment and local area

Here are some pictures of the place we are staying in: Here’s a picture of our bedroom, our little sanctuary from the rest of the world.  The second picture shows the view from the room, it’s not bad, is it? The third is a photo of our new heater (purchased last week) which has been […]

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A weekend’s notes

Hi all, Well, as you may know from reading the various entries, last week was incredibly cold here – so much so that it snowed on two consecutive days which dropped temperatures below zero (degrees) on those days – *phew*.  As a consequence, Toni and I (and pretty much everyone else) all came down with […]

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Arrived in Shanghai (again)

Hi all!  Toni and I have arrived safely in Shanghai, China.  We landed just after 7pm Beijing (local) time and checked into the hotel at around 8:30pm with no problems.  The taxi ride cost us about AUD $30 for a 45min trip (about 40kms).  We’re staying not far from all the action in the PuDong […]

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