What a pleasure to have Jeannine Bogaard along on our China trip!
She traveled from her home near Madrid, Spain, and met us at the Beijing Airport shortly after we arrived in China.
In the photo above, taken during the Shanghai leg of our trip, she's standing with her dad, Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard, at the
Zhouzhuang Water Village, an official
UNESCO World Heritage Site where the majority of residences were built during the
Ming and
Qing dynasties. Locals live their lives on and along the waterways, and there are many quaint shops and tea houses.
When I went to
Memphis last year, I started the tradition of ceiling shots. Here's one from the waterside table where I sat at the Zhouzhuang Water Village:
