Author: Daniel

Escanaba, Michigan

Last weekend we took Take Five up to Escanaba, Michigan with the Christensens. We had great weather for the trip up and back. Emily and Luke helped bring Take Five back to Sheboygan where it will stay in preparation for a trip...

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Relaxing on the Yangtze

After a very hot and humid vacation up to this point, we were happy to jump on board the Victoria Queen for a cruise down the Yangtze River from Chongquing to Fengdu. This was a three day cruise with several stops along the way...

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Tiananman after the Tank Man

The incident took place on the Cháng Ān Dà Jiē (长安大街), or “Great Avenue of Chang’an” just a minute away from Tiananmen, which leads into the Forbidden City, Beijing, on June 5, 1989, the day after the Chinese...

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Calligraphy pals

Check out our penpals! The boys loved to repeat the American hand signals as you can see. Emily and Michaela learned to write their names in Chinese from their friends-Chinese calligraphy is more difficult than it looks. Sophia...

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The Sleeping Buddha

    The Dazu stone carvings at Chongqing are one of ancient China’s most valuable treasures. They were declared a National Key Cultural Relics Protected Unit in 1961, and in 1999 they were listed as a World...

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