Covid 19 US Visa Medical Experience at St. Lukes Medical Center Extension Clinic

 Hi everyone,As you all know I'm finally with my husband and migrating to the US very soon. I just wanted to share with you how the US visa medical went.NOTE THIS EXPERIENCE WAS DURING COVID 19 PANDEMICFirst of all, once you get an interview scheduled you need to set an appointment online with St. Lukes Extension Clinic (SLMCEC). Do remember that there are two, Manila and BGC. I went to the one...

Top 5 Things to do in the Ancient City of Pingyao

Pingyao Ancient City is one of the best spots I have visited so far in China. Its small and not too busy on a regular weekend. Its an ideal spot for a weekend getaway and just to chill and unwind. Since its a historical site that retains the Ming and Qing feel to it, it does make us want to go there to see for ourselves how we like it. Since this place is very accessible to our city we just need...

Yingze Park

Yingze Park is one of the popular parks in Taiyuan, Shanxi. Its a huge park that covers 63.28 hectares and 20 of that is by the lake. The construction started 1954 and it was opened 1957 it contains 10 gardens with a large variety of plants. There are also a lot of things to do inside the park for all ages. There are parts of the park that are well shaded than others, The most prominent tree...

Shanxi Museum

Shanxi Museum is one of the best museums I have been so far. Its organized, well lit and packed with artifacts from Ancient China. Considering that we live in Taiyuan at the present time we decided to visit this museum and see what it can offer.  Shanxi Museum houses a total of 200,000 cultural relics and its all in display. The theme of the museum is "Jin Soul" and with it are 7 displays...

Novotel Peace Beijing

This is such a long overdue review for the hotel we stayed at for a week during our Beijing visit. Novotel Peace Beijing is perfectly situated near Wangfujing Street. Its just a few minutes walk to the shopping street that is packed with tourists. The location makes it perfect since you can easily say the street and the cab drivers will not get lost. Lobby area Okay so we stayed i...

Wangfujing Street and Donghuamen Night Market

Wangfujing Street is one of the known tourist location when you are in Beijing. The locations is just a few blocks away from Forbidden City and is at the east side. Its actually a pretty long street but a section of it is just for walking starts from Dongdan 3rd alley ( the corner where Wangfujin Book Store is located) and ends in Dong'anmen (donghuamen food street) Its a very busy place with...

Xilinmen Hot Pot Restaurant

Xilinmen Hot Pot is a chain restaurant all over Shanxi, China, We recently visited one that is just two kilometers away from our apartment and decided to have lunch there. I had hotpot before at Taiyuan Food Street but thats for another post. We ordered hotpot that is good for 3-4 people. Check out more info after the images :) Hot Pot broth (Spicy and plain) (Left) Condiments Corner...