Martin moved out of the apartment on 17 December. We have a lot of stuff, and we badly misjudged the length of time the packers would take. But 2 days and 36 boxes later he has moved. He aptly put … Continue reading Home and Culture Shock
My last blog was about culture shock… and still it keeps going. The other day, my phone had 3G, 4G and 5G. Even at Everest Base Camp on the Tibetan side there is 5G. I was also on a train … Continue reading Home HotPot
In September 2022, we went through some fairly tough times. Mental health was affected and with no sign of what was to come in the past week of China seemingly throwing out zero Covid, my resilience had finally run out. … Continue reading 再见 Suzhou (Goodbye Suzhou)
Between 14 February and 2 June 2022 we were tested 63 times at school and I can only tell you that because our nurses told me. It doesn’t include the tests that we had in the mobile van that come … Continue reading Testing Times
We left Xiamen behind and went on a plane. We haven’t been on an aeroplane for over a year now and while we have seen our friends repatriating and having to navigate queues for check-in, transfers and bag collection we … Continue reading Pu’er makes you rich
This is the first part of the holiday outside of Suzhou. Apart from an overnight stay in Disneyland Shanghai on 29 December 2021, this is the first trip outside Suzhou since venturing to Beijing at the start of October 2021. Since falling of the horse at the end of June, I have finally got my mobility back and the ability to lie on my back at night. I have faded bruises on my backside and the swelling the size of an apricot now – it has decreased in size – a lot! As soon as I fell and landed up … Continue reading Xiamen and women
After a disastrous brunch of not being able to fully enjoy our food as it look a lot longer than it should have done to enjoy our meal, we were collected from our Xiamen hotel and taken to 2 hours … Continue reading Not too high for the Tulou.
May 2020 I entitled a blog “a trip to the dentist”. It was a blog written under Covid times, and while 2 years later we have moved on in time we haven’t moved on that much. May 2020 was not the last time I visited the dentist, but my 6 monthly visit has been delayed by 4 months due to lockdowns and the last place that I wanted to visit when out of lockdown was the dentist. But falling off the horse gave me not only one heck of a bruise on my backside, but also a chipped top left … Continue reading A chip
Growing up the great thing about my birthday was that it was always in the summer holiday. Even as a solicitor I would try to take the day off, or on one occasion I did an adoption hearing which was … Continue reading Turning 40 with a challenge
I love riding. I love the freedom it brings, the energy of the horse, my favourite discipline has always been jumping – though dressage I love to watch as it is so graceful. But having never learnt it, it isn’t … Continue reading Resilience- an unexpected part 3
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