So today I received an e-mail from OffExploring to buy a printed book of my travels. I had not thought about this website in so long. I used it while I was off studying abroad in China back in 2009. A whole 10 years ago. At this time I was in Washington, DC. Funny that this post is actually 10 years after my last post in Washington DC. I have never really been the biggest blogger, which I why I have never really kept it up and also probably why I didn't reall...

I realized after talking to a friend tonight that I never really closed the book on my travels in China. So here I am two months after the fact and in completely new city and I find myself thinking about Shanghai. Shanghai was a great experience for me. I learned a lot about myself and about China, met tons of amazing people. Now, I don't think that I can live in Shanghai. The city can be a little too stressful at times. The language barrier doesn't really ...

I haven't bee up to much lately. The other weekend I took a little a trip to an older water town. It's not that far away from the center of Shanghai. There is a little bus center at the Shanghai Stadium that offers tours and excursions to the little towns. Zhuozhang was really small town. It would be such a nice place to walk around, but it is very touristy. There were so many tour groups and it made it so noisy. I would not want to live in that town if t...

Kristie, my friend from UCSD, found this place called Chinese Cooking Workshop. They offer lessons in making different types of dim sum and other Chinese dishes. She got a group of interns together from her program and we all got to learn how to make xiaolongbao and sago with coconut milk. We had a Dim Sum master teach us how to make the xiaolongbao, but she didn't speak any English so one of the other workers tried to walk around and translate for us. Even ...

So just a little update on my life here in Shanghai... The first company that I worked for did not work out very well. We had some major communication issues. They thought I spoke Chinese very well and then I thought they would have spoken better English. There just wasn't anything for me to do at their office from the hours of 8:30-5pm. So now I am currently working for an events and promotion company. They have me help out with events and also with updatin...