Travelogues Hebei

Back in China, we are winding down our holiday quietly. With Xi'an and Seoul, we had a full vacation schedule. So we spent a few relaxing days in our apartment in Cangzhou and...

After our trip to Xi’an, we are having a quieter week in our apartment in Cangzhou. We fill this time with family visits, handling bank and household matters, periods of...

Chinese Wedding

How else can a vacation start other than with trouble with Deutsche Bahn? The P+R parking lots were basically full by the morning, and I awkwardly squeezed the car next to a...

Back at the Bohai Sea, we follow the coast to the Great Wall...

I previously wrote a few lines about Chinese road traffic last year (Blog link: Road Traffic in China), and now I can probably continue this story every year. However, I'm...

then car no. 10 stops there, with higher car numbers to the left and car no. 1 to the right. When the train is released for check-in, access gates are used with the ID card...

Along the old Grand Canal, Cangzhou has built and designed a lot in recent years to revitalize the ancient trading tradition and the canal's traditional economic importance for...

Many people in the Western world claim that China's economy is characterized by copying and plagiarism. However, many overlook the fact that this development has a great...

I entered China with a family visa, which requires me to register at the registration office. Now we wanted to do that in Cangzhou, at the location of our apartment. However,...

The traffic in China is characterized by many different means of transportation. In addition to cars and trucks, small electric cars, electric tuk-tuks, and electric scooters...

Start of our bike tour towards the east...

Chinese politeness is mainly encountered during visits to relatives. We drive to a total of 11 homesteads in various villages nearby, with countless relatives residing in them....

Wide sandy beaches and holiday atmosphere await us in Beidaihe...

Weekend trip to the sea at Beidaihe...

Like last year (Blog link: Rollers that delight...), I would like to conclude my vacation blog with a tribute to my favorite mode of transport in China. Unfortunately, this...

Not only does Hyundai have a large car manufacturing facility near our residence, but the entire transportation infrastructure in Cangzhou is focused on cars, with wide...

The Lion of Cangzhou, as a symbol of the city, is an archaeological finding in Cangxian, located not far from the current city center of Cangzhou. The cast iron lion was created...

We had only one real rainy day during our vacation; otherwise, there were just occasional short but heavy rain showers or light drizzles. However, this rainy day was actually...

The way meals are taken in China is perhaps one of the biggest differences between Western and Chinese culture. Therefore, it can be quite an adjustment for a European and...

The Christmas season is finally here, there was a lot going on during the first Advent: the big Christmas bazaar at the German embassy was approaching, and there was a lot to...

Last year we visited the impressive Garden Expo in Cangzhou. The various garden themes from different local regions unfold over a large area around a lake. Here is the link to...

Sunday afternoon, and we have some time... we are going shopping. We are heading to the Yanbai Shopping Center, which was already one of our favorites last year. In front of it,...

As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I must return to the electric scooters in Cangzhou. They have truly become my “little sky-blue friends,” and I've seized every...

etc. They immediately discuss the product… oh, what am I saying, they discuss and articulate. While the buyer, that is, the customer, which is my wife in this case, looks down on...

Cangzhou has a history of more than 1,500 years. In ancient times, the city was known as Fuyang and Qingchi. During the glorious reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty...

Part of the grand Grand Canal culture exhibition is the illumination of regional culture in Cangzhou. At the entrance, a line from a poem from the Qing Dynasty is quoted: 'It...

We have been living in Cangzhou for a week and a half now, but we have not yet gone on any sightseeing tours. Organizing and working on the new apartment is keeping us from...

What fascinates me about rural China is the simplicity of daily life. At my in-laws', various agricultural products, some grown in their own garden, are chopped into small...

In Iron Lion Park stands the Kaiyuan Temple, which displays a find of a large lump of money from the late Tang Dynasty (years 617/18-907) and the Northern Song Dynasty (years...