Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

We arrived in Shanghai without a hitch. It was definitely the most enjoyable train experience we’ve had and we found our hostel easily. We had only been in the city an hour when we realized this was going to be awesome. We unloaded our stuff at the hostel and set out to explore. Our hostel Read more

Yesterday we had every intention of spending the whole day relaxing in a couple of Hangzhou’s many parks. The day got off to a slow start as we both wanted to sleep a little later than usual but we eventually made it to the first stop, Huagung Park or as the locals refer to it Read more

We arrived in Hangzhou early this morning after a completely successful first long distance bus experience. The bus station was much easier and cleaner to navigate than any of the train stations we had been in and we quickly bought our ticket and hopped on the bus. After a couple of hours on the bus Read more

It feels like weeks ago but I’m sure it was only days ago that we left Beijing. We had a few options for routes to get to Xian but due to train availability we settled on stopping only in Pingyao. Pingyao was high on our list of places to see on the way so we Read more

We’re just wrapping up our time in our 5th Chinese city tonight. We arrived here after a hectic morning and afternoon yesterday. Our train leaving Nanjing was an hour late and when we finally did get to board it was filled to the brim. It is unbelievable to me how many people they see fit Read more