by leandra | Jan 10, 2018 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
After a leisurely breakfast, we spent a couple of hours Friday morning on FaceTime with family and friends wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving back in the States (where it was still Thursday evening). After our calls home we took the subway northwest to Nanxing,...
by leandra | Jan 8, 2018 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Before we left for our relaxing trip to Hangzhou, I had made a dinner reservation for Thursday night at Cucina at the Hyatt. Unfortunately, neither of us checked WHICH Hyatt the restaurant was located in and of course, we went to the Hyatt on the Bund instead of the...
by leandra | Jan 5, 2018 | International Travel, Travel
Rain was in the forecast and arrived as promised on Tuesday morning. After breakfast, we waited a bit for the rain to let up then jumped on the subway for about 40 minutes to Qibao Ancient Town. Exiting the subway, we were greeted with misting rain that did not let up...
by leandra | Jan 4, 2018 | International Travel, Travel
Our hotel was about a ten minute walk from the famous Yuyuan Gardens, so we decided to start there. After making our way through the maze of stores we found the small ticket counter, where it was all-cash. Unfortunately, purchasing our tickets to the Shanghai Circus...
by leandra | Nov 26, 2017 | Food & Drink, Travel, USA Travel
Our only wine tasting for the day was EFESTĒ to pick up our semi-annual allotment and try out some additional wines. Since it was Monday, we were the only people in the tasting room which meant a relaxed and casual tasting experience. Working our way south, we stopped...