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A Birthday Expedition

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We arrived in Beijing on Sunday. It was a painless flight: two hours from wheels up to touch down. The air in Beijing was some of the strangest I have ever been in. It was around 4pm when we got in, so it was heading towards dusk, but there was no sunset. It seemed as if there was just [...]
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A Culinary Adventure

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I have learned on this trip that food is not just about eating, but also about comfort and familiarity. We become very accustomed as a culture to eating specific things, so the act of eating those things becomes like a ritual, not just a simple act of refueling. I have found that abroad, when I’m [...]
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Getting Around Town

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The roads have been an experience here, and that’s just putting it mildly. Since dancers take their bodies seriously, trying to navigate the streets feels like walking gauntlets all the time. Just crossing the road between our hotel in Shanghai and the theatre was an expedition. Eyes up and alert, weight on the balls of [...]
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Quinn Makes Friends in Shanghai

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After lunch on our first day in Shanghai, I took off from the group to try and capture some interesting photos. I was wandering down an alley, trying to shoot a photo of an old building with a modern skyscraper behind it. Before I knew it, two kids came tumbling out of one of the [...]
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