Xi’an Spring Eating Guide:The Herbs of Spring in Xi’an

For many locals in Xi’an, spring means eating the bounty of fresh herbs that grow for a short period during the spring. There is a saying that a spring without herbs is a soulless one. During springtime, you will most likely find many locals heading to the mountains and fields to dig up wild herbs with shovels in hands and sunhats on head, as the potherb is the soul of theirs and this is the way they greet Spring.

The Perils of Being an Expat How Living Abroad Impacts Your Mental Health

For many expats, the first time that we left home for the long term was one of the most exciting moments of our lives. An entirely new place, with people, cultures, and experiences that we had never sampled before. Whether it was a long, drawn out decision or one that was made spur of the moment, that decision most likely has had a huge impact on your life, for better or for worse.

How the Expat Life is Messing with Your Health

Being can be a fun and exciting lifestyle. That is, for many, the reason why we got started down this path to begin with. However, the expat life can also lead to some less than optimal behaviors that can affect your health, both mental and physical, that can cause discomfort beyond the normal. This can lead to feelings of discomfort that you might not experience if you had stayed at home.

Warm Winter Escapes

It’s a fact that some people just aren’t cold weather people. Whether you find the bitter winds a little too overbearing or you just don’t like having to layer up only to have your nose and ears still freezing off, winter weather is just not for everyone. With the extended amount of time off that the winter season brings, what with the Christmas and Spring Festival holidays, people often look at this time as an opportunity to travel to new places. Even though the coronavirus continues to restrict our movements abroad, there are still plenty of interesting places within China to explore that will allow you to step out of the cold zone and embrace a sunny day or two while getting to experience more of what China has to offer.

Snowscape Escapes – Cold Winter Travel Destinations

As the end of the year arrives, ice and snow begin appearing on the weather reports and the time for travel rapidly approaches as the largest block of time most have off comes in the form of Spring Festival. But with current restrictions in place, it is difficult to travel outside of the country, at least until things settle down a bit further. However, this doesn’t mean that you have to stop traveling all together, as there are still plenty of place for you to explore within China. If you’re a fan of Winter wonderland escapes, then China has a plethora of destinations that are perfect to get that holiday vibe.

BEIJING 2022 THE WINTER OLYMPICS

Coming just on the tail of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, the 2022 Winter Olympic Games are set to be held in February of 2022 in Beijing and the surrounding areas, welcoming athletes from around the globe to come and participate in a series of winter sports? So what can we expect from the country that hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics to such great success? While many of the exact details have not yet been released, we can expect Olympic fervor to once again grip the country as the Games approach.

SH*TSUNAMI

There is a surprisingly large live music scene here in Xi’an, though if you don’t go looking for it, you might not know that it exists. One of the foreign bands on this local scene is Shitsunami, who recently released a vinyl here in Xi’an. To celebrate this release, we sat down with the guys from the band to find out a little more about them.

TOP5 Sports You Didn’t Know You Could Do in Xi’an

Sometimes it feels like there is nothing new to do in Xi’an. Our casual routines and set patterns lead inevitably to a sense of boredom that can feel difficult to overcome. However, there is more going on in and around Xi’an than most people realize, and it would be a shame not to give the different activities happening around the city a shot, even if it is just to temporarily relieve the ennui. Since the National Games are now upon us, we decided to pick out a few different sports-based activities that you can try out in Xi’an.