My travel itinerary on this China trip took me to Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province. Besides being the center of China’s coal production, Shanxi is famous for vinegar. In fact, when you step off a train or plane, the smell of vinegar is in the air. Upon arrival, our hosts took us to a […]
Vinegar, Anyone?
I took a little jaunt this weekend to Shanxi Province to visit some friends in a city called Yuci. Like most cities in north China, it is connected to Beijing by rail, and getting there is an easy overnight train ride. We pull out at 9:40PM and arrive at 6:20AM. Get on, sleep, get up […]