When living abroad, sometimes you become very creative trying to partake in something that reminds you of home. This is my story of...

When traveling or living in China an important thing to be able to do is bargain. Now, if your Chinese isn't up to standard or you can't...

After living in Yantai for 4 years, I've become what I call a "cherry snob". There, typically, around the first of May the cherry season...

In the Chinese city of Qingdao (if you're a beer drinker, you've seen it spelled Tsingtao) you can find many instances of German...

In China, they use an ingenuous way to help the blind make their way around the major cities. The only problem is that the planning and...

If you're a casual visitor to Yantai, there's a spot that you aren't likely to find much information on. In fact, I'd only seen parts of...

Many times we go into travels with an agenda of ALL THE THINGS we need to do with nearly minute by minute plans. IF your goal is to see...

In Seoul there are several theme parks - the largest and most impressive being Lotte World. The budget version of it is Seoulland. I have...

Some of you that are my friends have heard me say something like "actually, McDonald's is really good in China" or "I REALLY like KFC in...

If you asked all of my friends in Yantai about my language skills in Mandarin you will get a huge range of responses - anywhere from "I...

Typically, when I tell the story of me moving to China the conversation then continues something like this: Friend - "Did you know anyone...

If you're planning on going to Beijing and want to see the Great Wall - I have some valuable life experience to share with you. A general...

This is one of my favorite vegetarian Chinese dishes. It's a simple dish but pacs a LOT of flavor. One of my favorite dishes in China is...

When I first moved to Yantai, it was considerably different compared to now. I lived in the part of town called the Economical and...

My best advice to first time travelers is to not have any expectations. Expectations lead to the worst cases of "culture shock". Every...

If you've never ventured out your portion of the world, you don't realize how much of a difference there is in simple things - like...

Part advice, part disclaimer In life, sometimes we get so wrapped up in wanting to preserve the moment that we forget (or don't know how)...

People always ask me, "Why Yantai?" This is how the story began. Have you ever had an opportunity present itself and it just seemed too...

Some days adventures go wrong, some days they go right. This day was both of those. After several years of harassing a dear friend to go...

There's one thing Americans abroad know to be truth - finding food that reminds them of home is essential to one's sanity. Having lived...