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After our adventure in the snow village, we arrived safely in Changchun. And soon everyday life had us back. That includes keeping our appointments, of course. For our last routine check, we wanted to go to the hospital 10 days after the snow village. There is the international practice where we have to register. We didn't get there at all. We were stopped at the entrance and not allowed to go any further. Reason: According to our "green arrow" we were supposed to have been i

For a few days we went to THE Chinese snow village. Here is the Google Location How did we find this? Denny checked his weather app to see where there was still snow! Here in Changchun it had last snowed in December and since the climate here is so dry, the snow "evaporates" despite the continuous minus temperatures. So we booked a hotel room, packed our travel bags, loaded the skis into the roof box and drove 5 hours in a north-easterly direction. However, what was not ment

The year 2021 is over, the new one a month old. How long did your resolutions last? Did you have any resolutions at all for the new year? Good resolutions for the new year are often the result of expectations, wishes and resolutions from last year that were not fulfilled, not heeded and not kept. So, what did you resolve to do last year, what did you bring out of the woodwork for this year, and what did you perhaps already discard? My resolution: to put the phone aside for ha

A local saying goes, "Pingtan, Pingtan, where nothing grows but stone." Well, that's not quite true. But it is true that the island is quite dry and sandy. The natural occurrence of granite on the island cannot be overlooked and gives the island a barren first impression. The locals use the stone to build houses and to separate their fields. The roofs of the houses are covered with tiles. As an additional protection, a stone is placed on each tile to prevent the roof from bei

Friday after work we headed southeast to Changbai , about four hours from Changchun. The Changbai Mountains, translated more or less as "always white", are in our province of Jilin and on the border with North Korea. The highest mountain, at 2750 m, is Baitou . An active volcano with a crater lake and a view of North Korea. So far, we have not been able to bring ourselves to go there, as there are only guided tours. That means driving there by car, parking, getting on the bu