Going home is it's own adventure in a way. You're not the same person as you were when you left and you're viewing old things with new...

What I Learned Mosh hugs are my favorite. I don't know if kindergartners in America do them, but periodically my kids will just...kind...

What I Learned You can't trust you kids with chalk... or, you know, you can and you'll get this. The Buddhist temples may not be what you...

What I Learned Chinese names can have a lot of meaning. So if the Chinese people learn English, they get and English name that is easier...

What I Learned Seeing movies in China isn’t that different either. We went to see Justice League on half-price Tuesday. It was awesome,...

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

What I Learned The driving is crazy but the people are courteous. So watching people drive here is nuts. They straddle lanes, honk...

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...

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...

What I Learned They have excessive packaging. Everything here seems to be packaged insidiously. We got some fruit leather/ fruit snack...

What I Learned in Shanghai Bring your student I.D. The people here all really value education and they think really highly of that. So,...

What I Learned Traffic is crazy. And in all honesty, I think that sometimes pedestrians legitimately do not have the right of way. You...

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...