While the world was still reeling and the dust still settling in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy, we boarded a plane to fly across the...

Tomorrow is “Gotcha Day.” Honestly, I’ve never been wild about that title, which denotes the day when an adopted child was placed in the...

Our textbooks Well, I’ve officially lost my mind. Or I will at some point in the next nine months. Alison and I have enrolled in Chinese...

I made a discovery only a few weeks before we left for China. It was a brown box hidden far under my bed that contained within a...

As promised, here is Alison once again on the Red Couch. She is just as she was ten years ago – happy to be surrounded by the other...

Chances are, if you suffer from migraines, it would be no surprise that by the end of a very tiring three-week trip you would get one....

I have a very good excuse for not blogging last night. First, I’ll chronicle yesterday. We started early with a cooking class at the...

Our travel schedule is crazy. We were in Guangxi province two days ago when we visited the town where Alison was born. Then we traveled...

Okay, we’ve officially become the travelers who no longer know what day it is, and we’re having trouble remembering where we’re headed...

We’re back in civilization and high-speed Internet. Thanks Juli for handling the posting while I was in no-man’s land. The photos above...

We’re back in Nanning after the most amazing day. We got up this morning and had a traditional Chinese breakfast (dim sum, steamed buns,...

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Welcome to southern China. Our flight was delayed this morning because a group of domestic tourists were angry that their flight was...

We’ve been running for three days – up early and not back to the hotel room until late evening. We’ve seen amazing things (Terra Cotta...

Dragon Boat Festival continues today. It’s a three-day festival that began on Saturday, and almost everyone is on holiday, which means we...

Today, we became heroes – at least according to Chairman Mao. “You are not a hero until you climb The Great Wall.” So we did. We took the...

Technology frustrations abound! An aside from the wonderful day we have had: China has blocked facebook and twitter, and the free WiFi in...

We’re exhausted, but have been trekking around the city all afternoon trying to stay awake. Alison will be measured by a tailor at 6 p.m....

Colin, Erin, and Lisa – November, 2001 I am writing this on the plane, over the ocean headed to Seoul Korea, and then on to Beijing. I...

In the banner above, the babies on the red couch are eight of the nine who were adopted by the families we traveled with in 2001. Jamie...