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Welcome to Paper Crane Stories – thanks for stopping by! I’m a Brit living in California, married to an American and always planning our next adventure. I’m a serial expat (I’ve lived in 5 countries) who loves to travel, eat, create and write. Read more on my about page.


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Spring Festival Trip Day 5: Going home to Beijing

  There’s not a lot to say about travelling home other than I love taking…

Spring Festival Day 4: The Four Peaks of Hua Shan

 Hua Shan (Shan is mountain in Mandarin) is a mountain I have seen posted all…

Spring Festival Trip Day 3 (Part 2): Muslim Quarter

After our donut break, we arrived at the Muslim Quarter. This, apparently, was where all…

Spring Festival Trip Day 3 (Part 1): Xi’an City Wall

After a great breakfast at our hostel’s sister hostel (about 1 minute down the road.…

Spring Festival Trip Day 2: Xi’an and Those Warriors

We arrived in Xi’an at 7.45am on Friday (slightly ahead of schedule. Good job we…

Spring Festival Trip Day 1: Xi’an to Beijing Overnight Train

No sooner were we back in the swing of things at school post Christmas vacation,…

Finally

I am finally going to start updating this little blog. I had planned to write…