Writes of Passage

My 2011 China trip

• 3/19: tickets on CX, US$ 1,575.20 pp; JFK-PEK, PVG-HKG-JFK
• 6/13: getting the visa, $140
• 6/17: pick up the visa
• 6/27: Mon 10am – JFK- 北京 Beijing (6/28, 晚上 6:30pm)
• 6/28: one pc luggage delayed; stopping on the road
• 6/29: lunch; Panjia Yuan 潘家园; Peking Opera
• 6/30: tea house, crop top shirt; Zhongguancu St; DaLi Restaurant;
• 7/1: shop Tiger’s daughter; cell phone; ICBC; (Capital Theater 首都剧场)
• 7/2: the Grand Epoch City 天下第一城 DiYi Cheng; tennis
• 7/3: Grand Epoch City 第一城 DiYi Cheng; tennis
• 7/4: studio pics; tea at Peninsular Hotel; bath house Morley Holy Club
• 7/5: Sun Changling; Xiaoyi birthday
• 7/6: Nan LuoGu Xiang 南锣鼓巷; fire cupping;
• 7/7: Hefei 合肥, Huangshan 黄山
• 7/8: Huangshan
• 7/9: Xidi
• 7/10: Hefei museum, Pan Yuliang 潘玉良
• 7/11: lunch with Wang Zhen; pick pictures; bath at Yihai;
• 7/12: eye Dr; TGIF; fish head 鱼头泡饼 biz meeting; Olympics
• 7/13: tennis at Keda; bath at BiZhongHai; hospital
• 7/14: ICBC bank; Don’s Mom; shopping with Di; dinner with Guo Yuan and her son
• 7/15: tennis at 党校/Haidia; bath QingHua Chi 清华池; dinner with family for Jimmy; wine in China
• 7/16: National Museum of China in Tiananmen Square – Liu Bingzhang; Louis Vuitton Voyages; Mao’s Snow; dinner with Hou; ice dance: Sasha Cohen, etc. rained .. gave umbrella
• 7/17: Auntie Spalding; Canzhen Hutong; ballet
• 7/18: working at the hospital; Canzhen Hutong; book store; school being strengthened
• 7/19: 三味书屋 Sanwei Shuwu, a book store; the Chinese partner  – the meeting
• 7/20: meeting Aunties Sun & Fu; suite at court; ice wine .. 金鼎轩
• 7/21: picking up portrait’s CD; Wangfujing; 798; dinner at Hou’s house
• 7/22: TJ; Italian Street; Kailuan
• 7/23: TJ, old mansion sold .. Kiessling Restaurant 起士林餐厅; hotpot dinner Valerie and her husband
• 7/24 Sunday: Swan Lake bath house
• 7/25: Zoology Institute; tea house; dinner with classmates
• 7/26: with cousins: 6am shopping; breakfast; cemetery, tea house, Qianmen 前门
• 7/27: 天坛; family dinner by Don’s Mom
• 7/28: fast train to Shanghai; 七宝老街; dinner with Yishi, Xu Yan ..

July 28 – Aug 4 Shanghai 魅力江南八日游 – 济贫团

• 7/29 Fri Beijing-Shanghai, ¥550, 8am fm BJ South Station 上海 (明悅大酒店或同級)
• 7/30 Sat 上海-蘇州: 城隍庙 Temple, lunch; Suzhou-garden   (利物浦或同級) B/L/D
• 7/31 Sun 蘇州-無錫: silk factory, lunch; Wuxi- buddha and the stairs; Lake Tai; motor bikes (錫州花園 或同級) B/L/D
• 8/1 Mon: 無錫-南京: Wuxi pearls; lunch; Nanjing Changjiang Bridge; 夫子庙 Confucius Temple; Exam Hall 江南贡院 & more pix (鼎業金陵 或同級) B/L/D
• 8/2 Tue 南京 -杭州 – jade, lunch; HZ: dinner, performce  (百瑞運河) B/L/D
• 8/3 Wed 杭州-上海: XiHu, 龙井茶tea, lunch; Shanghai: foot massage, dinner (明悅大酒店或同級)B/L/D
• 8/4 Thur 上海: 01, 02, 03, 04; China Pavilion 陆家嘴 Lujiazui, Manhattan of the East; k-9
• 8/5: NanXiang 小笼包; French Concession
• 8/6: Jinjiang Hotel 锦江; Cathay 国泰； Bank of China; bath at 大浪淘沙
• 8/7: typhoon 梅花 plum blossom; TV; local dinner – sweet
• 8/8: jade pendants arrived in the AM; Xintiandi 新天地; Uncle Chen Yuanguang; bath at 鼓浪屿 Gulangyu
• 8/9: visiting Ida & Anshu; Harry Potter movie; Hu Anshu; adventure 斑马线历险记; dinner at Korean w/ Yishi & Chen Weiqiu
• 8/10: 田字坊;  dinner at Lao Yangfang 老洋房; hair cut; French Concession; Sinan Mansions, 上海思南公馆酒店
• 8/11 Thur 8:40 Shanghai-HK; 尖沙咀; late dumpling for dinner; Auntie Jennie
• 8/12: exchange rate; Yung Kee 鏞記酒家 Roast Goose in Central; Citi; Liu Mama, Uncle Peizu at North Point for dinner
• 8/13 Sat 18:30 – 香港 HK- 纽约 JFK;  尖沙嘴/ 尖沙咀 Tsim Sha Tsui