Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Category: China

  • Day 14&15: Suzhou

    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…

  • Train Travel in China

    Brynn has already described our journies from city to city but I like to put in my two cents as well. Traveling by train in China is an experience in itself. The adventure begins when you try to buy your first ticket and I imagine it will follow us to…

  • Day 12&13: A Family Reunion

    I can safely say that this weekend is one I will never forget. We had the absolute pleasure of spending it with the parents of our friends John and Linda from home. For the entire weekend we were treated as well as royalty starting both mornings as we were picked…

  • Day 11: Nanjing First Impressions

    We arrived safe and sound with very little trouble in Nanjing. We got ourselves booked into our hotel (woohoo!) and unpacked our bags for the first time. The hotel is a little more than we budgeted for but we couldn’t find a decent hostel and it sure is nice to…

  • Day 10: Going East

    I’m writing this post as a way to pass time during our 16 hour train journey east across China. We left Xian this afternoon and should arrive in Hefei tomorrow morning around 6. Then we have to get another train (fingers crossed) to Nanjing. This train is considerably nicer than…

  • Day 9: Buddha’s Finger

    Yesterday we made the two hour journey outside Xian to see the temple that houses one of Buddhas fingers. We had originally planned to go on a tour while in Xian to visit a nearby panda research base not realizing that it was closed until after we had arrived and…

  • Day 8: The Terracotta Warriors

    We headed out on our own yesterday opting out of the many tours to see what we came to Xian to see – The Terracotta Warriors. The clay army was built around 200 BC at the request of the first emperor of China Qin Shi Huang. The massive army was…

  • Day 7: The Great Wal-Mart

    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…