Riding a bike on the streets of Beijing is exhilarating, exciting and only a little bit dangerous. You see, not too long ago, these streets were owned by Bicycles. When I was here only eight years ago, bicycles were much more common than cars. I remember getting stuck in ‘bike jams’ not [...]

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I got home today at 1am after an amazing USA-Greece basketball game–Yes, I actually went to an event today, or yesterday, whatever time it is. It’s 3:30am now, I slept a solid two hours and we’re off on another adventure. First to watch the flag raise at Tienanmen Square and then off to [...]

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I’ve heard of some pretty exotic foods but this one takes the cake. My lovely hosts decided to treat us to ‘Drunken Shrimp’ last night. I thought we’d maybe get drunk and eat shrimp but it was the other way around. The shrimp got drunk instead! First of all, as you [...]

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