Changyi (昌邑)

Qingdao’s luxurious Meng Gu Lu Bus Station This weekend I took my first Chinese long distance bus ride up to the city of Changyi to visit my Japanese friend. I’ve wanted to visit him now for a while for a number of reasons. 1)Partying at the same two expat bars in Qingdao gets mighty lame [...]

My Favorite Chinese Dish

Yes, I know it’s been a while. You may think I’ve been asleep at the wheel…I wish I had such a wheel. I’ve actually been studying really hard to keep up with all the brainiac Koreans in my class who have the magical ability to memorize hundreds of characters in a span of minutes while [...]