Gulangyu Island (Xiamen)
During the October holiday we flew to Xiamen to visit the neighboring Gulangyu Island , Xiamen City and the Hakka county with it’s distinctive Tulou houses.
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Sunday ride around Shanghai
A week ago I did a 25 km cycling tour around Shanghai. Temperatures have now dropped to a very comfortable 25 degrees during the day.
Day trip to Suzhou
Last weekend we got on the train and set-off for Suzhou which is only a 30 minutes train ride away.
Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing
During the Mid-Autumn festival we went to Beijing to visit our family and enjoy the (short) holiday together.
Pudong and the Bund (day & night)
Last Sunday it stopped raining and the sky finally showed some blue spots after 2 weeks of a grayness.
Fuxing Park / 复兴公园
A great way to see how people (try to) relax in Shanghai is to go to one of the parks.
Learning Chinese
From the day I arrived in Shanghai I started studying at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学). In my first years of studying Chinese in Holland I still used an actual paper dictionary. Luckily that has been replaced by an electronic one which makes studying a lot more fun.
Gouqi island
2 weeks ago we went to Gouqi Island which is part of the Zhoushan Archipelago. It’s only 6.38 km2 big and has some very nice fishing villages and (relatively) unspoiled beaches.
The Bund at Night
On Friday the skies where clear so we took our bikes and went to The Bund to take some night shots.