How to celebrate Christmas in Shanghai – 2022
Wondering how to celebrate Christmas in Shanghai, where to buy a special gift, or need help finding something on Taobao? We’ve got you covered!
Our Ghostbusters Halloween in Beijing: October 2022
Our first Halloween in Beijing saw us enjoying another Spooktacular month of Halloween activities. And this year, we celebrated our first-ever Halloween street party with house-to-house Trick or Treating! Halloween planning was in full swing in mid-September when Liv […]
5 Essential apps for traveling in China
Planning on travelling to China, here are five essential apps to make your trip less stressful and more enjoyable
Exploring Dongcheng, Beijing: Our new neighbourhood
Exploring the historical area of Dongcheng in Beijing on foot.
Christmas in Shanghai – 2021
As a Christmas-lover, I’m the first to welcome festive celebrations well before December. However, when Christmas chatter broke out in the ‘SH Christmas’ WeChat group in mid-September, I was as surprised as anyone! Update: The links associated with this […]
Self-Isolation & Social Distancing
My family and I have lived in China for over 3 years, and have been self-isolating since January after learning of the Covid-19 outbreak. Based on the information we have learned over the past few months, I will explain what steps we are taking to protect ourselves and how to self-isolate.
60 Days of Covid-19 in China
We’ve just clocked past sixty days of quarantine, self-isolation, social distancing, whatever you want to call it, and many of you have asked how we’re doing. It’s hard to say. Physically? We’re good. We take our temperatures twice a […]
Silver Linings – 44 Days of Covid-19 in China
It’s been 44 days since I learned of the Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. Everything that has happened since reading that article six weeks ago seems to have played out in a weird time warp. A sense that it’s all […]
Forget Sanity – 37 Days of Covid-19 in China
The spread of Covid-19 may be slowing in Shanghai and across China, but as yet I’m unable to see an end to this bizarre reality we find ourselves living in. All schools, and many businesses, remain closed due to […]
Staying Safe from Covid-19
If there’s anything I’ve learned in the last four weeks, since the outbreak of Covid-19 (Coronavirus), it’s that I never gave enough thought to the transfer of germs in everyday life. Of course, I was aware of the spread […]
21 Days of Covid-19 in China
Many of you have messaged asked what it’s like living in Shanghai at the moment, three weeks after the Coronavirus outbreak hit media headlines. It’s hard to describe the stark contrast to anyone who hasn’t experienced the hectic bustle […]
13 Days of Covid-19 in China
It’s been 13 days since I first saw news of the Novel Corona Virus filtering into WeChat groups in Shanghai. It seems like months ago I read the article by That’s Shanghai Magazine titled, ’17 New Corona Virus Cases […]
Living in China – Our Shanghai Adventure
Three years living in China! To say ‘time flies when you’re having fun’ would be a massive understatement at this point. It blows my mind to think of all the amazing, and some not so amazing, things that Steve, […]