Chinese Charades

Ever since we visited Peru, and the invention of Charada - Spanish Charades - Louisa and I think of ourselves as somewhat professional Charades players.  For those of you who don’t know what Charades is, it is the use of body actions, without speech, to describe a word or phrase to another person.  For example, when acting out “escoba”, one might signal: sounds like cobra, and then slither like a snake... [video reference] Our experience in China has been nothing but amazing – especially...

The Forbidden City?

The  Forbidden City is a massive compound  in the middle of Beijing that was off limits to the Chinese people for 500 years.  It is very stunning and was the home of many historic dynasties, including Qing.  The Forbidden City - 1 KM Long! Louisa and I completely forgot what it means to be living in a Communist Republic – I understand how I could forget, but Louisa has no excuse.  Upon arrival to China, we were excited to blog and Facebook our friends and family and...