Author Archives: Ben

Fri­day evening, we hopped on the sleeper train to Xi’an and to see the Ter­ra­cotta War­riors. I had some reser­va­tions about the 16-hour jour­ney; my thoughts were that the train would be extremely dirty, we’d end up with a cou­ple … Con­tinue read­ing →

What a great Thanks­giv­ing Day we had at Hohai Uni­ver­sity in Changzhou, China. We spent the morn­ing pop­ping in and out of class­rooms with my uke and gui­tar, singing and talk­ing about the songs and their mean­ings. We took turns … Con­tinue read­ing →

I landed in Bei­jing Fri­day night around 10:30 after a 14-hour flight. Luck­ily, I ended up with a whole row to myself and could lie down and sleep, which I did for about 1/2 of the trip. My friend and … Con­tinue read­ing →