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Guatemala: Service Trip

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Officially in holiday mode for four days! I survived 9 days straight of afternoons during an intensive session with this three troublemakers (and Pinrui). Itโ€™s so interesting seeing kid dynamics and having an all boy class was pure survival. BOYS! ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”-#Shanghai #China #Asia #Teaching #Teacher #TeachEnglish #Travel #Explore #ExploreMore #Expat #LivingAbroad
My future little engineers and architects! Itโ€™s a miracle I didnโ€™t get stabbed by a toothpick and walked away with only a few marshmallows being pelted at me. โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”#Shanghai #China #Asia #Teaching #Teacher #TeachEnglish #Travel #Explore #Expat #LivingAbroad #ExpatLife #STEM #FutureEngineer
Itโ€™s all a matter of perspective! Evenings waking around the Bund with xialongbao amongst hundreds of people. Itโ€™s nights like these that are so special to me. โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #Shanghai #China #Asia #Travel #Expat #Explore #ExploreMore #XiaoLongBao #TravelPhotography #Perspective #Skyline #CityScape #TravelPhoto #TheBund #TravelChina #ILoveShanghai #ShanghaiLife #ExpatLife #LivingAbroad
Wishes for the new lunar year. The world could always use a little more! Red is the color of love and China. I bought this ribbon from a vending machine at the top of a temple and tied it to hundreds of other wishes all tied together. โค๏ธโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #Beijing #Asia #China #Explore #ExploreMore #Travel #TravelPhotography #ChineseNewYear #GongXiFaCai #CNY #Expat #Travels #Kindness
Nothing but blue skies in the absolute freezing cold of Beijing at The Temple of Heaven. So many warm memories made made these past few days! As I currently sit on the bullet train, I canโ€™t help but be so excited to get back to Shanghai and fully embrace the new lunar year! I plan on making lots of magic in Shanghai and around the world. โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #Beijing #China #Asia #Travel #Views #Explore #ExploreMore #TempleOfHeaven #TravelTheWorld #Travels #TravelPhotography #Expat #CNY #ChineseNewYear #GongXiFaCai
Scorpions for a Scorpio because you are what you eat. Wangfujing Street has all the snacks you never knew you wanted. ๐Ÿฆ‚๐Ÿฆ‚๐Ÿฆ‚โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”#Beijing #China #Asia #Explore #ExploreMore #StreetFood #Travel #WangfujingStreet #Scorpio #Scorpion #GongXiFaCai #CNY #ChineseNewYear
A magical morning of a sunrise and snow on The Great Wall! SNOW! And a toboggan ride down to the base. โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #Beijing #China #Asia #Explore #ExploreMore #Travel #Expat #OptOutside #GreatWall #Mutianyu #ChineseNewYear #GongXiFaCai #CNY
Places can have such powerful emotional memories associated with them. Tienanmen Square is one of those places for me. In 2004 I watched my mom be swarmed by people selling her hats as we traveled China and then in the summer of 2008 before the Olympics on my first international trip without my family. And here today. Life is wild! โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #Beijing #China #Asia #Travel #ExploreMore #TravelChina #TianannmenSquare #ChineseNewYear #GongXiFaCai #CNY
Super Bowl Monday 7am morning (I live in the future)! Itโ€™s the Chinese New Year of the pig and America celebrates by throwing pigskin across a field. ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿท๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿท๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿท๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿท๐Ÿˆโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”-#Shanghai #China #Asia #Travel #ExploreMore #Expat #SuperBowl #GongXiFaCai #YearOfThePig #CNY
So much cardboard cutting, hot glue and being bossed around by Angela and her city is complete! So creative with a KFC, farm to grow vegetables and buildings all meticulously labeled. The kiddos are officially on Chinese New Year holiday and so am I!โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #Shanghai #China #Asia #Expat #Travel #ExploreMore #TeachEnglish #Teaching #SchoolProject #Creativity #GongXiFaCai
Really feeling the Chinese New Year spirit with these beautiful lights at YuYuan Garden! Lights, camera and cotton candy. ๐Ÿท๐ŸŒ†๐Ÿฎ๐ŸŽโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #Shanghai #China #Asia #Travel #ExploreMore #Expat #YuyuanGarden #ChineseNewYear #YearOfThePig #CNY #GongXiFaCai
Team Kaila and Kitty doing urban planning for future cities. I majored in hot glue gun activities so itโ€™s fitting. What a fun lesson. ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #Shanghai #China #Asia #Travel #ExploreMore #TeachEnglish #Teacher #UrbanPlanning #HotGlueGunLife #TeamKailaAndKitty
Big Buddha of Hong Kong via a nice cable car ride over the ocean and many steps to climb. Hong Kong has always been a place of transit for me from my first visit when I was thirteen months old moving from China to Colorado. Itโ€™s quite the interesting country and a contrast from Shanghai. Most notably itโ€™s warm. Iโ€™m excited to get back to home sweet SH! โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #HongKong #Asia #Travel #ExploreMore #Buddha #ExploreHK #DiscoverHK #LostInHongKong
Chinese New Year signs everywhere! Exploring Hong Kong has made me realize how aquatinted with Shanghai I have become. Iโ€™ve never been great with directions and getting lost is highly amusing to me. Let the red packets start flowing! โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #HongKong #China #Asia #Travel #ExploreMore #ChineseNewYear #LostInHongKong #DiscoverHongKong
Epitome of โ€œlit.โ€ The worlds largest light and sound show at Victoria Harbor! Enjoying my time in Hong Kong.โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #HongKong #Asia #Travel #ExploreMore #CityScape #LightShow #Skyline #Lit
Teaching the littles about the art of the nose bop for giggles. These kids are so special and have been through so much in their little lives! โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #Shanghai #China #Asia #Adoption #Kindness
The light of the full moon glowing bright over the skyline. My mom texted me earlier today saying to check out the full moon and I responded that the heavy pollution lately would probably block it. Well, I was wrong. The meaning of a full moon is uniquely intertwined in my name. I love little/big moments. ๐ŸŒโ™ฅ๏ธโญ๏ธโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #Shanghai #China #Asia #Citylights #Skyline #CityScape #ExploreMore #Travel #Loves_China #Expat #FullMoon #TheBund
Explosion of flavor with hints of ginger in a soup dumpling. Nothing better than piping hot Xiaolongbao on a breezy, Shanghai day. Finding little holes in the wall on side streets is the best! โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” #Shanghai #China #Asia #Expat #Travel #ExploreMore #Expat #Xiaolongbao #ChineseFood
Time and love are two priceless parts of life. The best part of 2019 has been spending time doing baby massage and tummy time with kids in Shanghai who come from orphanages all over China for medical treatment before they are adopted. They are so loved here and are about to embark on a whole new life. So beautiful. โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”#Shanghai #China #Asia #Adoption #Gratitude
Cheers to birthdays, proseco, limoncello, cake, Italian food and safety pins. Happy Birthday Queen Fran! ๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ‘‘โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”#Shanghai #China #Asia #TheBund #Expat #Travel #ExploreMore #NightViews #QueenFran

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