Xinjiang Lamb Kebabs 2008 International Beer Festival Qingdao, China The Qingdao International Beer Festival takes place every year in August. This year it was delayed to September due to the Olympics. You can visit beer tents from Paulaner, Heineken, Hofbrauhaus, Qingdao, etc., eat lots of barbeque foods and get on dubious carnival rides. For us, [...]
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It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Aye, ’tis! Not that the DH and I need an excuse… Coincidentally, today I noticed that the hotel we are staying at here at the Qingdao airport, the Red Crowned Crane, is sporting a nautical theme in honor of the Olympic sailing events. I was particularly pleased to [...]
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My mind has been elsewhere lately, so much so that I didn’t even realize Mid-Autumn Festival had snuck up on me. This weekend was the celebration of Fall, when families get together and eat mooncakes. This used to be a major holiday in China, but official holidays were restructured last year and now Mid-Autumn Festival [...]
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Visible moon (a rare thing) and Olympic lanterns on the road to/from the Qingdao Airport I work at an airport. I’ve lived at an airport. I’m in the process of traveling from one airport to another. I’m not too sure how it will feel to land at Barajas Airport in Madrid tomorrow after news of [...]
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Continuing the eating out theme, here are a few pictures of a little feast we had last night in downtown Qingdao – Mushroom Hot Pot. Start by selecting mushrooms – there’s all shapes & sizes! (the middle black ones were so incredibly delicious I can’t even put words down about them!) Like these And these [...]
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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. Thanks to a lifetime spent moving around, I often feel like an outsider. This blog explores life in Beijing, China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. If you want to know more about my latest hobby, visit Sewing on the Fringe, where I blog about learning to sew in Beijing. And for daily documentation of Beijing's ever changing air quality, visit My Beijing Window. And, yes, I do wear my santa hat year-round. ;)
