Panda Bear keeper for a day
Panda Bear keeper for a day in Chengdu China. Read our previous posting “Shangri-La Hotel Chengdu!” As we were driving to the Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding (sic) north of the city of Chengdu, I noticed that the traffic lights had four lights rather than the usual three red, yellow and green ones….
New Year’s Day falls on January 1st since when?
The answer: January 1st, 1753. If you live in America or in any other country then part of the British Empire, 1753 was the first year where January 1st was celebrated as the first day of a new calendar year. The Calendar Act of 1751 was the British law which set 1752 as the…
Menton, France ~ The birth of the French Riviera
Menton, often called “the pearl of France” and historically famous for its lemons, is situated at the far eastern end of the French Riviera, right on the border with Italy (those clouds you see on the photo are on the Italian side of the border; the sky in France is still cloudless). It enjoys the…
BEST of China food : Zah Jian Mian !
Zah Jian Mian. Like all great cuisines of the world, Chinese cuisine is too rich in its diversity and in its offerings to be reduced to one single dish. There are very many dishes from many parts of China which could claim to represent the best which China has to offer. We have described several…
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