Spending Christmas in China, again
This year was supposed to be the first year that we spend the Christmas in Finland with my family, we all know now that all those plans went to waste this year. Instead we are again trying to make the best of our holidays here in China. Recently Miriam from Youtube channel called Miriam in China asked me to join her video and sharing our plans for the Christmas this year. She is from Sweden and I’m from Finland so we bet we have some similar wished for the holiday season. (See her YouTube video above or click here!) After spending all Christmas holidays in China since 2010, I’m quite…
What makes me want to stay in China?
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about those foreigners that come to China and not only stay here for a while, but make their permanent home here. I know more and more expats, or shall we call them immigrants, who have been living here for more than 10 or even more than 20 years. A friend asked what keeps these foreigners here? Do they have similar characteristics? And indeed I think they do. Chinese spouse or family member All longtime expats that I know here in Guangzhou are married to a Chinese spouse. It’s natural that you settle in here if you have found your love here as well. This…
Spring greetings from a very unusual Spring
When 2019 turned into 2020 none of us had an idea of what kind of a year this would be like. In January I still visited the Huangpu Old Village with my daughter and had a great time without having to wear a mask all the time. End of January we started to realize how serious the situation was and I wrote about living in China during virus outbreak and then about our 29 days of staying mostly at home and avoiding others. In March I was writing down all the things I wish I would have done if I knew a pandemic would hit, not long after that the…
Day 29 of mostly staying at home due to outbreak
We aren’t under quarantine, our city is not under lockdown, but it’s been 29 days since there was any type of normalcy in our lives here in Guangzhou, China. Now finally we are starting to take steps back into our everyday lives. But first lets take a loot what precautions we have taken during these weeks. Wearing masks whenever we go outside, if we are somewhere alone we take the masks on and put back on if someone comes. It’s not that we are worried them infecting us, it’s a sign of “I care about you, so I’m going to protect you and me by putting my mask on”. We…
