After more than ten days in China, I have officially reached my threshold of being elbowed, shoved and run into. In Western cultures these actions are considered rude. Even in the sporting world, many of these actions would result in penalties. In hockey, throwing an elbow would get two minutes in the penalty box! However, I am starting to believe that pushing,...
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We have been in China for just over ten days and for a whole host of reasons, I am more homesick than I have ever been. After 120 days of travel, I have hit a low point and have strong desires to return home.
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While traveling in Northern China we got a small taste of what it might be like to be famous. We found ourselves drawing a lot of undue attention. It felt like we were constantly on display—on the subway, in the train station, walking down the street, in restaurants, nearly everywhere we seemed to draw attention. From an early age, I was taught not to attract undue...
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Growing up one of my favorite Atari games was Frogger. I thoroughly enjoyed strategizing to get that little frog safely across the multiple lanes of traffic. Little did I know, thirty years later, I would find myself playing a similar game—only the frog was me! The traffic would be on the streets of China and somehow the linear and predictable paths of vehicles...
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