Weifang Square

Weifang holds the International Kite Festival each April. It is known as the Windy City in China. I am still trying to adjust to characters everywhere. The great thing about this square is that there are English subtitles all over!  Wendy and her husband Peter offered to take me to the Square downtown for an evening out.

I am here and this blog Works!!!

I have finally arrived and much to my relief the blog works and my Internet is up and going. The plane ride over was not as bad as I had anticipated. I was able to sleep for eight hours off and on. So by the time we landed in Beijing I felt rested. My biggest

Washington Square

New York has been wonderful. I know deep down I am a city girl 100%. The Subways and Bustle is intoxicating. I could sit on a street or park bench for hours just watching the people and city life pass before me, happy as a clam. (Can I just say that is one idiom I

Cannon PowerShot SX200 IS

I send a heartfelt Thank You to all of you who made this wonderful camera a reality for me. I was blown away by the generosity and support offered! This is camera is amazing. It is a dream come true. Its capabilities and features I am only beginning to discover. I promise to post plenty

The Adventure Begins!

Well the adventure begins…Starting this blog seemed like such a great idea when it was a theory but now that I must sit down and begin typing I am getting nervous. Keeping a personal journal or even sending emails home is one thing but to have public entries available for anyone and everyone makes me