Beijing is Awesome

Tuesday morning saw us enjoying our last homestay meal- a delicious breakfast- noodles with small bits of eggs in a light tomato broth, sweet potatoes, and giant scallion pancakes- and then riding back into Beijing. After settling in at our beautiful hotel near Wafujing- the main shopping district in Beijing, -we decided to tackle the…

Warriors and the Wall

China! China was one of the craziest places we’ve ever been to. From the huge amounts of history to the crazy culture – we experienced it all. After a late night flight into Xi’an (and discovering we hadn’t booked a hotel car- so negotiating our way past the language barrier to get a cab)…we awoke…

Back to the chaos

So August brought the beginning of school, after school clubs, Scouts, swim lessons, piano lessons, cricket and tennis….so in a few words the chaos returns….but with it some fantastic memories Back to school with early highlights including Jay’s 12th place finish in cross country and Bee getting a leadership position- and dominating both the library…