All relationships experience miscommunication at some point or other, but add a foreign language and you're bound to have some benign misunderstandings. Stuart Beaton writes about a recent such mishap. (No worries--all's well that ends well.) Stuart has a great podcast blog (his … [Read more...]
Mission to Metro
When I think of all the changes in China since I left in the late 90s, one that stands out is the advent of the warehouse grocery store. That was so not the case back in my day. So here's Stuart Beaton, our man in Tianjin, to explain just how great the shopping in China has … [Read more...]
Shanghai surprise postscript
Since my post from a couple days ago when I wrote about learning that my grandfather's cousin had fled Germany for Shanghai in 1939, I've found some more information about this cousin and his circumstances.My grandfather's uncle Karl in Germany had two children, Julius and … [Read more...]
A slow boat to Shanghai
Have you ever had a moment where everything seemed to fall into place? I'm not talking about the day to day routines, but the larger picture.On Friday night, a genealogist cousin e-mailed me about our relatives who left Germany in the late 1930s. She mentioned one named … [Read more...]
The Wonders Of Westin
When guest blogger Stuart Beaton told me about the sudden turn of events at the Raffles Tianjin, I couldn't believe it. After all, he'd just blogged here about the Raffles on Christmas Eve. (Stu's podcasts can also be found at http://rastous.podomatic.com/). Stuart will explain … [Read more...]
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