The Herron family travels from Montana to China to explore flavorful food and the historic Great Wall.

So we packed a lot into our China travels over the course of six days, to Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi'an: Shanghai museum, cooking lesson, the French Concession, the Bund, bullet trains, Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, Peking duck dinner, Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an city wall, historical Chinese theater, art museum, …

Food is a central part of any culture, and eating together is one of the common relationship-building experiences in that culture. So while on our China adventure, we were excited to have different food experiences. It was important to us to experience Chinese food in an authentic way. Our only prior exposure to “Chinese food” was in …

We are 3/4 of the Herron family, Brad, Terri, and Taylor (unfortunately the other 1/4 of the Herrons couldn’t make this trip). Brad is the dad and a sixth grade teacher in Missoula, one of his subjects being social studies with a focus on ancient history (including China!!). So Brad is our resident history geek. Taylor is the older son, a …