I enjoy visiting natural history museums. They make me get excited like a little boy. It’s probably because of the dinosaurs. Who doesn’t like dinosaurs? I recently made a visit to the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa, AZ, and I’m … Continued
For some reason I’ve also had an emotional reaction when I see old news footage of the Berlin Wall coming down. I was just a child when the Cold War was coming to an end and don’t really remember that … Continued
The Perot Museum of Science and Nature A lot has changed in downtown Dallas in the last few years. There’s a big bridge that really isn’t anything special, a park built over the top of a freeway connecting to parts … Continued
On the way to Dunhuang we stopped in Lanzhou, the capitol of Gansu province on a long layover. As we woke up on the train we looked out the windows and saw desert landscape that reminded both Aaron and I … Continued
I’ve passed it on the bus dozens of times and I mean baker’s dozens not regular dozens. The front entrance is marked by five towers shaped like lotus stems and pods. Behind the fences I could see old style buildings … Continued
Over the past six months of living in China, I’ve been repeatedly asked where I’ve been and what I liked the best. Being only a few hours from Shanghai by train, many people were surprised that I hadn’t been yet. … Continued
Whenever I told people that I was going to Xi’an their first response was “Xi’an is an ancient city,” or something to that effect. I always just imagined it was because the most famous site near Xi’an is the archeological … Continued
Anhui Pavilion Shanghai World Expo 2010 After the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 almost all of the pavilions were dismantled never to be seen or used again. In Shanghai, there are only a couple of the pavilions left. What I … Continued
After church on Sunday, we found our way to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial – an extremely sobering museum and memorial to a tragedy often overlooked. If you don’t know, at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the … Continued
Over the past few weeks, a lot has happened. I’ve had lunch with the dean of my department, been to a folk performance showcase, meandered through an old temple converted to a market, ventured to a theme park with one … Continued