Updated on August 27, 2017
Day 1 of University Graduation Trip, Nara on April 30, 2017
First day of our graduation trip in Japan.
The plan of the day was to visit Nara, a city of ancient architecture and wild deer.
BreakfastCold Noodles as I was praising the great Japanese convenience stores.
Updated on August 24, 2017
Day 0 of University Graduation Trip, Osaka on April 29, 2017
Despite that I mentioned in the last post, that the immigration lines at Osaka Kansai Airport were ridiculous line, so it was half past 8 in the evening when we reached our Airbnb apartment near Kuromon Ichiba Market. But since we were university students and this was still early in the night for us, so we decided to take a walk in the surroundings and there came this post of the 0-th day of our Japan trip.
Namba Streets
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Updated on August 20, 2017
Flight Log of All Nippon Airways Flight 980 from Beijing to Osaka Kansai on April 29th, 2017
Chinese Labor Day Holiday in May, 2017. After discussions with my undergraduate classmates, we decided that this should be the time for our graduation trip, and we chose Japan as our destination.
During the reservation process, we found that All Nippon Airways (ANA) could offer us a relatively cheap Japan domestic legs in its return tickets, so we chose an itinerary of Beijing – Osaka – Tokyo – Beijing with ANA, the first leg of which is NH980 from Beijing to Osaka.
Interior of Beijing Airport T3
Updated on August 20, 2017
Flight Log of China Eastern Airlines Flight 718 / 5186 from Chicago O’Hare to Beijing via Shanghai on April 10/11th, 2017
5 nights, some tourist sites, a few meetings with friends and countless Pokemons later, I was on my return trip to Beijing on April 10th.
Check-in Counters at Chicago O’Hare Airport T4Those national flags should represent destinations from Chicago O’Hare. Just like any other US airport, the depth of the check-in areas were rather short here. By the way, shouldn’t Chicago’s practice of assigning each airline a fixed counter a waste of departure hall counters? (Especially for airlines like China Eastern that operated on sub-daily basis.)
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Updated on August 17, 2017
Flight Log of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5183 / 717 from Beijing to Chicago O’Hare via Shanghai on April 5th, 2017
In early April I accepted a university’s campus visit invitation and visited Chicago area. Given that their 600 dollar allowance on travel, my only choice within that for return trip from Beijing to Chicago was China Eastern Airlines with connection at Shanghai Pudong.
Boarding My Flight to Shanghai
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Updated on March 21, 2017
Photo Collection of Night Views of Cornell University on July 18, 2016
Camera courtesy of Shi Hanyuan of Shanghai Jiaotong University.
West Campus Dormitory Passage
Updated on August 19, 2017
Flight Log of Qatar Airways Flight 142 / 896 from Barcelona to Beijing via Doha on February 17th, 2017
Three days of Barcelona shall round off my four week’s roaming the world, and it’s about time I get back to school before the registration period ended for my last undergraduate semester.
Drop-off Driveway in Barcelona Airport Terminal 1
Updated on July 29, 2017
Day 6 of Spanish Vacation: Barcelona on February 17th, 2017
Third and last day in Barcelona.
The plan of the day was to visit Casa Amatller, one of the three buildings in Mancana de la Discordia (Discord District), Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau, another work representative of Catalan Modernism and a functional hospital until not very far ago, then Mount Montjuïc, with its castle on its top and Barcelona Olympics arenas halfway up.
Fundació Antoni TàpiesContemporary museum in a modernist building offering works by painter Antoni Tàpies & other artists. One can tell that it’s different from its roof decorations.
Updated on June 7, 2018
Day 5 of Spanish Vacation: Barcelona on February 16th, 2017
Second day in Barcelona, as the sky cleared into a bright sunny day.
The plan of the day was to visit two of Antoni Gaudí’s architecture masterpiece, Casa Milà and Casa Batlló, followed by roaming the Barcelona old city.
Plaça Universitat
Updated on May 17, 2018
Day 4 of Spanish Vacation: Barcelona on February 15th, 2017
After a Ryanair flight from Fes back to Barcelona, we took an Aerobus ride downtown and checked into our hotel. Leaving the chaotic Moroccan Medina’s behind, it felt so great back to civilization.
Plaça Universitat at Night
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