Make This Place His Home
Welcome to the Family, Ryan!
Welcome to the Family, Ryan!

Welcome to the Family, Ryan!

We were all sort of nervously pacing around waiting for 2:00 to get here so we could load up into the van and get moving.  Earlier this AM Lisa and I took care of some adoption business while AR and…

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Dinner anyone? We saw this on the side of a building near the hutong..not even sure what it was advertising!

Pictures from the Hutong visit

Rupert Murdoch’s X-Wife’s Home (after the Divorce)   Looking down the street in the Hutong neighborhood. Outside the Hutong Home       Two Crickets in the courtyard of the Hutong Home we visited.  They are so loud at night…

Descriptions to go with the pictures

The hotel system just does not like our computer and the pictures this a.m., so just to add a little bit of color to the photos (that are a mix of what we have taken over the past few days). The first…

Beijing – Great Wall, Summer Palace & Night Market (Con’t)

A Most Excellent Adventure with a Most Excellent Guide We’re playing a bit of catch-up so please bear with us as we bring things up to date. Our Beijing guide has been one of the best guides we’ve ever had…

Beijing – Great Wall, Summer Palace & Night Market (Con’t)

Up & around before breakfast – it’s Sat AM. Finally found D’s picture from Breakfast. Watch where you swing that thing – you can put an eye out!   After Lunch, our heretofore unnamed driver brought the van around to…

Beijing – Great Wall, Summer Palace & Night Market

Good evening and thanks for tuning in. T Minus 3 Days to Ryan – We spent the day sightseeing in & around Beijing.  The first of two very full days.  We had breakfast at the hotel buffet – they had…

Day 1 is in the Books – Arrived in Beijing
Day 1 is in the Books – Arrived in Beijing

Day 1 is in the Books – Arrived in Beijing

­­This first post from the road may be a tad disjointed…fair warning. We’re cruising at 37,000 feet and we’re about to cross over into northern Siberia, a very long way from where this day started.  Revellie was at 2:45 AM…

The Last…

T-Minus 3 Days to Wheels-Up T-Minus 8 Days to Ryan The Last Few Days. Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Mothers out there.  Thanks for following. The atmosphere around the house is picking up steam as the suitcases are…