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01 October 2018

National day in Guiyang

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Today it's China national day, the anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic in 1949. It is the beginning of one week of ...
30 September 2018

Massage and herbal bath

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They opened a new massage parlor near home. It is the second branch of a company we tried last year. They offer a broad series of treatments...
27 September 2018

Grey day and wedding

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Grey day at home working on the English edition of my Maldives book. Mother in law and niece went to a wedding of some neighbors from Yan ...
24 September 2018

Festival della Luna a tavola

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La festa del "mezz'autunno" lunare. In pratica coincide, con date variabili di anno in anno, approssimativamente con l'equ...
23 September 2018

Market n. 2 in Guiyang and mid-autumn proparations

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Morning to buy food for the mid-autumn day celebrations at Market n.2, just a kilometer or so from home. On the way I cross paths with a l...
22 September 2018

Train from Hangzhou to Chenzhou

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Grey sky drizzling. We pack our stuff check out of the hotel and are off to station with an ever reliable didi car. At the station we are ...
21 September 2018

Temples in Hangzhou

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After breakfast we take a trusted Didi car to the old city street, then walk up to the Dongyue temple. As soon as we arrived and walked insi...
20 September 2018

Farmacia e artigiani a Hangzhou

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Oggi passeggiata per la città, prima di tutto la città vecchia. Diluvio...  ma troviamo rifugio in vari negozi e ristorantini. Mi piace camm...
19 September 2018

Hangzhou: Confucius temple and pork intestine

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Large temple dedicated to Confucius near our hotel. I am almost the only visitor or maybe just three or four couples share the quiet air con...
18 September 2018

Il "Lago occidentale" di Hangzhou di sera

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Stasera Lifang è andata a cena con un'amica che non vede da qualche anno. Una collega insegnante con cui è rimasta in contatto dopo aver...
17 September 2018

Suzhou to Hangzhou by fast train, tea ceremony

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Rainy morning in our hotel, we decided to take advantage of the luxurious facilities, we have not used them much these days, always busy vis...
16 September 2018

Suzhou garden and merchants

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Mattinata al famoso  Giardino dell'umile amministratore . Sito Unesco come patrimonio dell'umanità, è un immancabile punto di riferi...
15 September 2018

Suzhou colazione, seta e perle

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Al nostro albergo scendiamo per colazione ed un bel tavolo accanto ad una luminosissima finestra sul giardino è libero. Facciamo per prender...
14 September 2018

Treno per Suzhou

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Oggi ce ne andiamo a Suzhou in treno. Stazione nuova e ben organizzata, tranne che per i controlli di sicurezza, che sono organizzati qui, c...
13 September 2018

Shanghai Museum of Music Boxes and opulent lunch

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  A remarkable personal collection, about 120 years old, now open to the public. It is not among the most widely advertised attractions of t...