Suzhou Summer Sizzler
The sweat has dried off just enough to enable typing without drowning the keys. It's time for another sizzling Suzhou summer with daily...
All of the Blog Posts
Welcome to my blog archive! Here you can find all the blog posts about expat living in China and Malaysia, travel articles, book reviews and recipes!
Hannah
- Jun 16
Best Coffee Shops in Suzhou
If you are looking for a cuppa, some of the well-known franchises such as Starbucks, Costa and Pacific Coffee have made their indelible...
Hannah
- May 20
7 Tantalizing Reasons to Visit Shanghai
Thinking about visiting Shanghai but not sure where to start or what it really has to offer? Shanghai is fascinating melting pot of...
Hannah
- May 12
Top 5 Flea Markets in Suzhou
As a foreigner in Suzhou it can be hard to find the locally- acclaimed and established amenities and shopping spots. The following...
Hannah
- Apr 27
Top 3 Chinese Restaurants in Suzhou Industrial Park, (on a budget).
Within a two km radius of where we are based in Suzhou Industrial Park, there are many small restaurants, mainly noodle houses or hot...
Hannah
- Apr 5
Easy Easter?
Easter was blessed by the arrival of a good friend's new baby boy who I had the privilege of being the first non-family visitor in...
Hannah
- Mar 10
Global Citizenship and International Women's Day
Yesterday, Dulwich International High School celebrated International Women’s Day and Global Citizenship and I assisted Mike to arrange...
Hannah
- Jan 7
Mulled Wine and Cinderella
The rude awaking of an unforgiving school bus schedule and new term wrenched us from our tinsel- strewn, mulled wine fragranced...
Hannah
- Dec 8, 2020
This is Eden
Last weekend took Gideon and Mike to Nanjing for a family 5 km race. Gideon narrowly missed first position because he stopped for a...
Hannah
- Nov 12, 2020
A missed memo
Street lamps feebly attempted to brighten the dim skyline punctuated with cranes and towering heaps of rubble. The perfect setting for a...
Hannah
- Nov 2, 2020
Golden week antics
The Moon festival holiday approached with unprecedented speed this year, perhaps as due to Covid-19 lockdowns, the children have only...
Hannah
- Sep 27, 2020
Old rugs, a new decade and another paws for thought
Acquiring a rescued puppy the weekend before I started back in full time employment for the first time since early 2013 may not have been...
Hannah
- Aug 2, 2020
Retreating rain, sudden summer.
There's been a bit of a hiatus in the blog, sorry to all six of you who read it. It's been a busy month or so as we moved apartments,...
Hannah
- Jun 23, 2020
Greek food and Chinese Mythology
Just like that, Gideon finished infant school! He starts year 3 in August. He and Emily broke up on Friday, having only been back for...
Hannah
- May 19, 2020
Flying prawns
Hooray; my eldest child has toddled off back to school...at...long...last! The atmosphere in our home is as though we have all breathed...
Hannah
- Apr 22, 2020
Social Distancing in Suzhou
Gideon was supposed to be going back to school tomorrow and Emily on Friday, but nope. It's a similar story for other Chinese schools...
Hannah
- Apr 6, 2020
Social distancing in Suzhou
So we still await a final opening date for Gideon and Emily to go back to school. We were told last week that it would be the 14th April...
Hannah
- Mar 29, 2020
Social distancing in Suzhou
Somewhere along the line, a family tradition of pancakes on a Sunday evening sprouted. Occasionally it's the smaller, chubbier...
Hannah
- Mar 25, 2020
Stranded in Penang- Part 17
Our release into freedom commenced today. After snaffling down some cornflakes, we virtually thanked the staff who had been taking such...
