What I Learned Wuxi is pronounced Wu-she. In the simplified Chinese tha uses the Latin alphabet instead of Chinese characters the letter...

So my next four-day vacation was to Guilin and Yangshou. We did both places on the same trip so this week I'll tell you about the city of...

What I Learned Kids are accident prone no matter where you are. I nearly broke two of my kids while we were out on a field trip with...

What I Learned The garbage trucks are cute. You know how we have these huge monster trucks that eat our garbage and trundle along. The...

What I Learned Your food is going to touch. I've known this for a while but I didn't think of it in this way until recently. I ordered my...

You might remember that I was in Beijing not too long ago and during that week in China's capital, I visited the Forbidden City (aka the...

What I Learned The little things are hooks. There are these little gray out-croppings on our seats on the train. I finally learned their...

You can't go to Shanghai and not go to Disney. Well you totally can if that's not your cup of tea but I really enjoyed it. When we first...

What I Learned Bring tissues and hand sanitizer. Bring it with you wherever you go. whenever you go. The toilets here are squatters and a...

So here's the second half of my first week in China. I like how I structured the last one just starting with what I learned and then...

Alright, so last week I was talking about day trips. This week is the same deal. I'm talking about my excursion to Golden, Colorado to...

Day Trips Galore I love traveling from home, and I don't just mean a stay-cation (although those are nice too) I am talking about day...