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Jennifer and John spent a lot of time trying to build the small town where they lived in Nebraska. While traveling to England, they decided to track down Peter Fox, inventor of the Speedy Store to learn more about grocery store vending machines. The goal was to make their small town (situated in the middle of the American Food Desert) a healthier place to live by providing better access to food. ...
People were so scared for us when we traveled to Egypt in 2016, but it just wasn't a scary place. It's definitely a place where there are gender-related tensions, but terrorism just isn't something we had to worry about very much. There were fewer violent acts that happened in Cairo while we were there than in comparably sized U.S. cities like Chicago. Online, we were warned to avoid places like Khan al ...
On our first try, the day after arriving in Beijing, we attempted to find Tiananmen Square, but failed. It wasn't as clearly marked as we thought it would be. And we were really tired. In this video, we walk along Wangfujing Street on our way to Tiananmen.Related Posts:Things to Do in Beijing: Monkey Dance on Wangfujing Street (video) ...
As an 11-year-old, Lydian was an expert at being goofy. On the way to Tiananmen Square, on the Wangfujing shopping street, we saw some stores with a few interesting toys inside. Lydi mimics one of them in this video.Related Posts:Places to Visit in Beijing: On the Way to Tiananmen Square (video) ...
In this video. we ride the conveyor belt into the Beijing Walmart. Inside, we got hopeless lost and couldn't find our way out. John lost his cool at one point after passing what he thought was a barrel of monkey hands (they were rooster combs) for the third time. But how lost could we really be, we reasoned: we can be lost inside the Walmart, but still know that we're in Beijing. ...
When we visited China, it was only the second overseas trip we'd ever done, so we still went shopping and bought souvenirs. Since that time, we've learned that souvenirs do nothing but weight us down on long trips around the world. And they aren't necessary. But still, it can be fun to go shopping to see how the locals buy, sell, and trade goods. The Hongqiao Market was like an indoor mall filled with all ...
In this video, we stand outside the CitiTravels travel agency in Mcleodganj after talking with the agents about taking a trip from Mcleodganj to Amritsar and the Pakistan border. We'd hoped to see the Golden Temple in Amritsar and watch the Pakistan border ceremony between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM each day. As we take a clip of the business card, a woman passes by, begging for money with a tiny baby.For ...
As Americans, we don't spend a lot of time bartering for goods unless we're buying a car. In Beijing, many things are open for negotiation, price-wise. In this video, John barters over the price of a musical instrument that we'd seen a lot of people playing on the street. The calculator became a medium for communication with the various vendors we encountered in Beijing. ...