China, Expat Life, Illness, Quarantine, Travel

Covid in China

I explore some of the different attitudes to the pandemic in China and the US.

China, Language Learning, Quarantine, Travel

Freedom! And the Shanghai Metro

Leaving the quarantine hotel for my new hotel in Shanghai, I take the metro for the first time with around 100lbs of stuff.

China, Quarantine

Quarantine – Part 2

My continuing adventures sitting in a quarantine hotel in China and how I celebrated Chinese New Year there.

Language Learning, Quarantine, Travel, US Adventure

The pandemic continues…

As the pandemic enters it's 53rd month (well, it feels like it!), nothing happened for a very long time, and then everything happened. So, I'll start the story where I left off - going crazy from all the nothing, wondering if I'll ever make it to China, or even leave the house for longer than… Continue reading The pandemic continues…

Squirrel flies
Online Classes, Quarantine, Teaching

Quarantine Life

When I started this blog, I thought I was only a few days away from starting a new adventure in China. I thought I'd have tons of new experiences and adventures and never worried about not having something to write about. Obviously, life, and the coronavirus, had different plans. While I watch and wait for… Continue reading Quarantine Life