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Dad goes to China: Day 1, Tuesday, July 6
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Dad goes to China. A travelogue with observations and comments on a most wonderful adventure. Sunday, July 25, 2010. Day 1, Tuesday, July 6. We left Tamaqua for the airport right on time: 7 am We did the same when Mary Ruth and youngest son, Michael, visited Brandon in April. And like our trip to Newark’s airport in April, we arrived around 9:30 without much traffic delay. July 30, 2010 at 11:16 PM. Im confused as to who went on this trip.- Joan Campion. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A blog by Bran...
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Dad goes to China: Day 4 - Friday, July 9
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Dad goes to China. A travelogue with observations and comments on a most wonderful adventure. Sunday, July 25, 2010. Day 4 - Friday, July 9. John Ping would make a good NASCAR driver. No wait, they have rules in NASCAR, don’t they? Picture this: a four lane highway – two lanes going and two lanes coming. John decides that traffic in his two lanes going is moving too slowly so he just goes out in that third lane (part of the coming lanes) to pass. Did I forget to mention the oncoming traffic? Lots of othe...
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Dad goes to China: Day 7, Monday, July 12
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Dad goes to China. A travelogue with observations and comments on a most wonderful adventure. Sunday, July 25, 2010. Day 7, Monday, July 12. Brandon walked us to the bus stop and gave us final instructions for our trip to Xi’an. I patted my shirt pocket and the cell phone inside it. Since all the sleeping compartments had been booked that evening, we rode the train for 12 hours in seats similar to those in the airplane but without movies, food service or a chart showing how far the train had traveled....
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Dad goes to China: Day 11, Friday, July 16
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Dad goes to China. A travelogue with observations and comments on a most wonderful adventure. Sunday, July 25, 2010. Day 11, Friday, July 16. That he would not have enough room in his suitcase, but he did. 8221; the caption would read. As we approached the gate, I recalled the photos Mary Ruth had taken of her departure. She doesn’t hide her tears too well. And I felt my own beginning to well up. I thanked Brandon for a wonderful time and we hugged. “Love you, Brandon,” I said. “...Tamaqua, Pa.,...
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Dad goes to China: Packing, Monday, July 5
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Dad goes to China. A travelogue with observations and comments on a most wonderful adventure. Sunday, July 25, 2010. Packing, Monday, July 5. I really didn’t want to pay for an extra bag but that would have been cheaper than mailing so many items to him. I found the Continental Airlines Web site somewhat confusing about the number of bags one could check. But my wife, Mary Ruth, was pretty sure I could check two bags on a long international flight – and she was right. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Dad goes to China: Day 6, Sunday, July 11
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Dad goes to China. A travelogue with observations and comments on a most wonderful adventure. Sunday, July 25, 2010. Day 6, Sunday, July 11. Bad weather again forced the postponement of visiting the Summer Palace. Instead, we decided to take in the military museum which was near the west train station we’d be going to the next day for our overnight trip to Xi’an (pronounced Shee-on) to see the Terracotta Warriors. CLICK ON "OLDER POSTS". BELOW FOR THE REST OF JOURNAL. Karen M. Samuels. Day 2, Wednesday, ...
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Dad goes to China: Day 9, Wednesday, July 14
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Dad goes to China. A travelogue with observations and comments on a most wonderful adventure. Sunday, July 25, 2010. Day 9, Wednesday, July 14. We arrive back in Beijing at 7:30 am and decide to walk back to the subway station near the military museum to kill some time. We couldn't check back into the hotel until that afternoon. Again, it is cloudy, warm and humid. This was the third day we’ve been in the same clothes. They felt like they could walk to the subway all by themselves. Late in the afternoon,...
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Dad goes to China: Day 10, Thursday, July 15
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Dad goes to China. A travelogue with observations and comments on a most wonderful adventure. Sunday, July 25, 2010. Day 10, Thursday, July 15. After breakfast at the bagel shop (french fires were the bigger ones with less salt), we headed to the Temple of Heaven via the subway which Joe and I had begun to feel quite comfortable using. We were finding our way around the city rather well. As usual, the sky was cloudy and it had begun to drizzle as we approached the subway entrance. Brandon requested the s...
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Dad goes to China: Day 2, Wednesday, July 7
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Dad goes to China. A travelogue with observations and comments on a most wonderful adventure. Sunday, July 25, 2010. Day 2, Wednesday, July 7. 8220;8 hours to destination.”. 8221; I responded. “Yeah, we need to see the Olympic area tonight.”. We caught a cab back to an area near the hotel dotted with small restaurants. Brandon has been in Beijing over a year so he knows where to go and what to order. Bless him! After dinner, we walked back toward the hotel. Brandon said he would see us around 9:30 th...
