Category Archives: The Bund

Carrying Poles

Posted on October 28, 2016 by The Pearl

Sometime last year I posted about our trip to Amoy in Fujian Province (Amoy in Fujian; Xiamen in Mandarin) with its large round houses and some of the pictures showed women selling fruit from baskets which they carry along on … Continue reading →

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Brits Abroad Christmas Walk

Posted on February 2, 2016 by The Pearl

One of the things I have done since I joined Brits Abroad is to get involved in organising their walks.  These take place once a month and are led by someone who has researched either a completely new walk or updated an … Continue reading →

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Normally It Would Go Straight Up

Posted on December 28, 2015 by The Pearl

In the New World Dawan Department Store on the corner of Nanjing East Road and Henan Middle Road, next to Exit 7 of East Nanjing Road Metro station is this vast atrium with its array of exposed copper coloured lifts, which travel up … Continue reading →

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Mr & Mrs M Go to Mr and Mrs Bund

Posted on October 27, 2015 by The Pearl

In the middle of September it was our Wedding Anniversary.  It was 25 years ago that I got married, dressed in scarlet, at Great Malvern Register Office and the following day we had a Service of Blessing at Great Malvern … Continue reading →

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Dumplings, Gelati and Brunch

Posted on June 16, 2015 by The Pearl

In the past week the weather has got noticeably hotter and more humid.  The English-language Japanese news channel we watch has told us that the rainy season has arrived ( a couple of days earlier than normal) so this seems … Continue reading →

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