Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Well we survived both our massage and the first overnight train experience. The foot massage ended up being quite enjoyable but the neck and back massage almost had me in tears and I’m pretty sure I have bruises. I actually squealed at one point. The overnight train was much the same as the back massage Read more

Looks like we won’t be able to get any pictures up until we leave mainland China. Maybe Hong Kong will let us upload but we seem to be blocked. Sorry! Read more

Jacob and I had the absolute pleasure of staying in Pingyao last night and today. It’s a small town about halfway between Beijing and Xi’an that is stuck in the late eighteenth early nineteenth century. Pingyao was one of the first banking centres in China and so had city walls to protect the small space. Read more

Our first real Chinese meal was overall quite nice. I really enjoyed it. It took us a while to settle on a restaurant but when we finally ordered the food was plentiful and delicious. We decided we would have a nice noodle dish, some fried dumplings, and Kung-pao chicken. Brynn also enjoyed the meal but Read more

We are in China for the next couple of weeks and while we are here we obviously have to follow the same rules as other Chinese citizens. This is no problem at all. I really don’t mind the rules that much. One thing I miss is proper Internet though. I will always be a fan Read more

Well I think I can safely say that today was one of the highlights of my life. We spent the day hiking along the Great Wall at Jinshaling (about 3 hours outside of Beijing). I don’t think it’s even possible to describe just how incredible it actually is. This was one of those things that Read more