Shanghai can certainly be exciting -- especially for those who enjoy shopping, eating and the fast-paced city life -- but having spent only one week here, I didn't expect to find myself in somewhat precarious situations. Nanjing Road No trip to Shanghai is complete without a walk down Nanjing Road. Considered the main shopping street…
Visiting Shanghai was a completely different experience from Beijing. If you're looking to explore China's culture and history, Beijing is the place for you. If you're seeking more of a city feel that involves perusing busy streets and alleyways offering quality knock-off goods at every corner, Shanghai is it. Although I've had some bizarre moments…
I suppose you could say I'm a big dreamer: I'm one of those people who has a pretty long bucket list of things to do and places to see. Climbing the Great Wall of China was on my list, and I'm fortunate that I had the opportunity to check this one off in May 2012.…
On the surface, a two-week study abroad trip to China might sound like a normal vacation tour. I mean, two weeks isn't very long and our itinerary had most of the attributes of a standard tour package: We had two professors who served as tour guides, our whole schedule was essentially planned out and we…
If you were to ask me -- say, three years ago -- where China stood on my list of places to visit in my lifetime, it wouldn't have been anywhere near the top. I have to be honest -- I had dreams of riding a gondola in Venice, riding a mule in Greece or even…
Photo courtesy: crayolamom. I don't have many regrets in my life. Most of the time, if an opportunity passes me by, I often think "it was meant to be." But in retrospect, one thing that wasn't meant to be was passing up opportunities to study abroad. As an undergraduate student at the University of Washington,…
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