The Armchair Traveler: China

Caught between paying for college and filling the gas tank (the cost is getting comparable), there is not much money leftover for traveling the world. The internet is a wonderful place for those who have travel lust and little travel lucre.

For a glimpse of what life is like for an America family living in China visit One Child Policy Homeschool.  Jimmie, her DH and their daughter Sprite, have lived in China for the past five and a half years. While Jimmie blogs mostly about homeschooling Sprite using the Charlotte Mason method,  from time to time, she writes interesting snips about life in a county very different from the USA.

For example, did you know, cheese is not easily found in China. Jimmie’s family, in conjunction with several others, imports it from New Zealand. Imagine life without cheese. Even in the densely populated urban community Jimmie lives in live in, people strive to bring beauty into their daily life. The female bus drivers place flowers in the front of their buses. Her blog entry about dining at an insect restaurant was fascinatingly gross reading.

Jimmie uses beautiful photos to capture for her readers the uniqueness and strangeness of the land she lives in. It is well worth a couple of clicks to explore China through her eyes.

Comments

[Asianmommy]

I believe most of the Chinese are lactose-intolerant, which means cheese, for them, can be very uncomfortable. Actually, it's hard for me to avoid cheese living in the US! :)

[Carol Taber]

I didn't know that. Cheese is hard to avoid in the USA.