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Last week we received an invitation to a Chinese wedding. The date is 11.7.2021, which is a Sunday. Start of the party 10:58. Why such a strange time? It has something to do with Chinese ideas of luck. The number 8 means a lot of wealth. That means money. If you put it on its side, the number eight is the infinite sign. So infinite wealth. But I don't know if this numerology also says something about luck and love. It would be desirable for the couple to have both wealth and

You have waited long enough for our next sign of life. And I always wait until something exciting happens that I can tell you about :) Finally my first SUP course I got my first request for a SUP beginner course. That's why I started to check where here in Changchun are good entry points that are beginner-friendly and easy to reach by car. There is a lot of water in the city, but not every stream/river/lake is suitable, or it's hard to get there by car because it's a park, or

Our first wedding anniversary On our first wedding day (registry office) we surprised each other. I surprised Denny with a homemade chocolate heart cake and Denny surprised me with a huge bouquet of flowers. Similar to Fleurop or the like in Germany, you can order flowers here via an app. However, they are not sent by the post office, but brought directly to your door by a scooter driver. The app is actually called Meituan. But with a picture of a kangaroo on it. So we just c

We are once again sending out a sign of life. It's been more than 5 whole weeks since we've had any news from us. I've already written about how quickly time flies here. In the meantime, I have also decided to continue writing in first-person mode. It's much easier for me than writing about myself in the 3rd person. So from now on you will only read about me, Anja, in the first person. If Denny also feels like writing about his experiences personally, we will clearly mark tha

Yes, what is it actually? Correct is Hainan. But it is also true that it is called the Hawaii of China. And I think rightly so. In terms of landscape. I haven't been to Hawaii yet, but what I've seen on photos so far: green mountains and sea. Hainan also has green mountains and sea, only the waves are a bit smaller. Jana and I (Jana is the wife of one of Denny's work colleagues) flew to the south of China for 8 days. If you want to know exactly: here . Direct flights are only