Category: Travel

Even More Places in China That I Want to Visit

I have been to China many times. I lived in Hong Kong twice, I lived in Shanghai briefly, and I have taken all of those opportunities to wander around China while I was there. Even so, it’s an insanely huge country with an incredibly rich and diverse geography and local cultures. The more I travel in China, the more I realize how much I don’t know.

In the interest of not provoking political arguments, I’m including all of China’s main disputed areas in this list.

(map generated at: https://www.mapchart.net/china.html)

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Dec 2: Dandelion Chocolate

One word: Indulgent!

So I finally went to indulge in the Dandelion Chocolate café’s brownie flight—because how can anyone say no to a brownie flight?! It’s literally a sampler of fancy brownies! This café/chocolate shop had been recommended to me months ago by a coworker, so it’s nice to finally get my butt over there and try it out myself. (And what a great excuse to not study for that Japanese test tomorrow…)

As you’d expect, both from the super adorable shop and from the slightly-steep price tag, it was amazing! <3 Continue reading →