The Mountain Vista Hotel was built on a grand scheme and maybe hosted some significant dignitaries at one time but now it is showing some signs of neglected maintenance. Our first clue was the shower was cold on the last day it warmed to tepid. After our mediocre breakfast buffet, I wondered the large lobby […]

This morning we packed up and drove off to “The forbidden City”. The first two things we noticed was the throngs of people (tour group leaders with locator flags) and the smog. Although, several of us have Air Quality Index (AQI) monitor apps on our phones; I don’t think we had any real concept of the […]