Has 20 years really passed since my first Mid-Autumn Festival? Hard to believe.When I moved to Hong Kong for the first time, I knew nothing about this holiday. I clearly remember roaming the open air markets in Tai Po, about twenty minutes south of the China border, and … [Read more...]
Around the world with Pan Am, 1948
My grandparents took their first overseas trip in 1948, the same year this Pan Am ad came out.While they sailed across the Atlantic for that inaugural trip, they later flew on airlines like Pan Am and TWA to most of the continents portrayed in this ad.I love the … [Read more...]
Approaching Kai Tak
The scene in this postcard was so familiar to me when I lived in Hong Kong.The round-about, the little park, the double-decker buses. I remember Kai Tak from the 1990s, but this postcard was printed in the 1950s, even before my mom and her family first traveled … [Read more...]
Postcard from Budapest, 1991
Last week I posted a card I sent from Beijing to my paternal grandma days before I boarded the Trans-Mongolian. The five and a half day train ride took me to Moscow. From there, I traveled by train to Budapest and then on to Prague before flying home to Chicago by way of New … [Read more...]
Postcard from Java, 1991
My mom and I sent this postcard from Indonesia in 1991 to my grandma (her mother-in-law).Susan and I are having a wonderful trip. I never dreamed that Indonesia was so interesting. It is very hot, but we splurged on a very nice hotel in Yogyakarta, so didn't suffer too … [Read more...]
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