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McGowans on the Move: December 2014
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McGowans on the Move. Exploring and enjoying life as we see the world and watch our girls grow. Saturday, December 13, 2014. Touch with magic Q-tip. Repeat over and over and over. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). International School of Beijing. C/o Frank and/or Krista McGowan. No 10 An Hua Street. The People’s Republic of China. Photos taken while out and about. Our first year in Nepal Jeremiah did the Annapurna Base Camp trek. This year it was my turn! Wild Thoughts From Wild Places. The Press and The Crane.
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McGowans on the Move: April 2014
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McGowans on the Move. Exploring and enjoying life as we see the world and watch our girls grow. Thursday, April 3, 2014. The visiting area is massive and not at all as Krista remembers from 15 years ago. In fact, we walked for an extended period before reaching the space that the bus let her out during the last visit. Now the walk-up is populated by restaurants, knick-knack stores and lots more new construction. The day featured hazy skies but the mountains in the distance were still visible. Umm, the wa...
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McGowans on the Move: November 2014
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McGowans on the Move. Exploring and enjoying life as we see the world and watch our girls grow. Tuesday, November 18, 2014. The last week featured frost on a regular basis. Winter is coming. The gardener in me is trying to begin to understand the seasonal patterns in Beijing. Sunday, November 16, 2014. Hats, skirts and sweaters. Featured this coming weekend (Nov 22) at the WAB Winter Bazaar. Woohoo! Thursday, November 6, 2014. Tom put out the idea of hiking 40 towers on the Great Wall for 40 years. We be...
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McGowans on the Move: January 2014
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McGowans on the Move. Exploring and enjoying life as we see the world and watch our girls grow. Sunday, January 26, 2014. How most get their hot water. This photograph was taken not too far from our home and shows a stack that is quite common in these areas. Apparently, water is heated in local facilities such as this one and then distributed through pipes to the homes of residents. (Disclaimer - I've heard this story from a few people that seem to be credible sources.). Saturday, January 25, 2014. A few...
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McGowans on the Move: January 2015
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McGowans on the Move. Exploring and enjoying life as we see the world and watch our girls grow. Saturday, January 10, 2015. Underground - Reed Flute Cave. Though our travel guide of Guilin did not mention the Reed Flute Cave, we had been told it was worth the visit. The cave was described as massive and beautiful, yet decorated as one would expect. A few pics from our underground journey. Why oh why does an image of an aquarium need to be in a cave? Friday, January 9, 2015. Finally, the pandas! The bike ...
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McGowans on the Move: October 2013
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McGowans on the Move. Exploring and enjoying life as we see the world and watch our girls grow. Sunday, October 27, 2013. Walk for Change on the Great Wall. The trip was part of an annual Walk for Change that raises fun for a local agency that provides educational funds for people in China. We went along as chaperones though were excited to support the cause and get the girls walking (well, XO slept most of the time). Along the way, we were treated to beautiful vistas. We again zipped back down on the to...
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McGowans on the Move: September 2014
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McGowans on the Move. Exploring and enjoying life as we see the world and watch our girls grow. Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Final Italian stop: Salerno. Along the Trieste Seafront Promenade. Narrow streets in the old part of town. For some reason, this store caught Krista in its tractor beam. Tuesday, September 2, 2014. Herculaneum - oh so impressive. Ancient Herculaneum with the modern city behind. At one point, these bays opened up towards the ocean front. Many skeletons inside. No 10 An Hua Street.
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McGowans on the Move: August 2014
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McGowans on the Move. Exploring and enjoying life as we see the world and watch our girls grow. Sunday, August 31, 2014. On of the first things that I discovered about Krista was that she really, really wanted to visit Pompeii - we did meet at a geology camp :) This summer, when my parents gave us the amazing, awesome gift of a week travel the primary location was barely discussed. We were going to Pompeii! Finally getting to tour a place on her list. Saturday, August 30, 2014. Why were we here? Naples i...
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McGowans on the Move: March 2014
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McGowans on the Move. Exploring and enjoying life as we see the world and watch our girls grow. Monday, March 31, 2014. The week leading up to Spring Break found us messing around a bit with XO. Asking if she wanted to go visit Xi'an would result in a puzzled expression. What do you mean, go and visit? Drum Tower with beautiful blue skies as a back drop. The pounding out of a peanut-based sugar-rich snack. A peanut mixture served as the base material. Here, street vendors cook it up hot! Every drum tower...
