--- title: Addie's Blog | Addie Weller (9) description: Travel and personal musings. (9) --- # Addie's Blog Select Category Animals Bangkok Cat Ba Island Chengdu Chiang Mai Children's Day China Chinese Wedding Christmas Cliffs of Moher Dengue Doolin Dragon Boat Festival Dublin Food Galway Glendalough Gratitude Guilin Hanoi Hash Run HubSpot Support Ireland K9 Rescue Korat Killarney Kinsale Koh Chang Koh Lanta Koh Phi Phi Koh Yao Noi Koh Yao Yai Korat KTV Laos Maine Mid-Autumn Festival Mount Hua National Holiday New Year Pai Places to Stay in Thailand Reflections Ring of Kerry Savannakhet School Trip Tai Chi Tam Coc Teaching Terracotta Warriors Thailand Thanksgiving Things To Do In Ireland Things To Do in Thailand Travel United States Vietnam Wai Kru Day Whole30 Wicklow Xi'an Yangshuo Posts by: ## Addie Weller ![0920_8.jpg](https://www.addieweller.com/hubfs/0920_8.jpg) [Food,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/food) [China,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/china) [Mid-Autumn Festival](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/mid-autumn-festival) ### [Celebrating the Moon Festival](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/celebrating-the-moon-festival) 9/20/16 8:22 AM The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) began in ancient times when emperors offered sacrifices to the sun in springtime and to the moon in autumn. It wasn't until the Ming (1368 to 1644) and Qing (1644 to 1912) Dynasties when the celebrations became widely popular in Chinese culture. What I find most interesting are the legends that emerged from these time periods— one of my favorites being about the [Moon Goddess, Chang'e](http://www.moonfestival.org/the-legend-of-chang-e.html). [Addie Weller](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/author/addie-weller) [Read More](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/celebrating-the-moon-festival) ![IMG_0187.jpg](https://www.addieweller.com/hubfs/IMG_0187.jpg) [Travel,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/travel) [Reflections,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/reflections) [Xi'an,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/xian) [China](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/china) ### [Crossfit For Your Nose](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/crossfit-for-your-nose) 9/15/16 6:13 AM On the bus in China, you get to know people on a chemical level. The sweat is pervasive and the odd mixture of cologne (and lack of) makes for a veritable pheromone stew. You can sense who brushes their teeth, who had onions and chili for dinner, who drank too much *baijo* the night before. [Addie Weller](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/author/addie-weller) [Read More](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/crossfit-for-your-nose) ![](https://www.addieweller.com/hubfs/IMG_0029.jpg) [Reflections,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/reflections) [Xi'an,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/xian) [China](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/china) ### [Feelin' The Love](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/feelin-the-love) 9/13/16 5:42 AM You know that warm feeling you get when you feel whole, when you feel like you’re exactly where you should be? That’s how I feel here, and I know it’s because of the people. When I think about the Chinese people I’ve met, generosity is the first trait that comes to mind. [Addie Weller](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/author/addie-weller) [Read More](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/feelin-the-love) ![IMG_0024.jpg](https://www.addieweller.com/hubfs/IMG_0024.jpg) [Travel,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/travel) [Xi'an,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/xian) [China](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/china) ### [Welcome to Xi'an](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/welcome-to-xian) 9/5/16 12:33 AM Nihao from Xi’an! On the 28th floor of our apartment, to be exact... Welcome to city living, baby. We said goodbye to Yangshuo and flew about two hours north to Xi’an last Sunday. [Addie Weller](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/author/addie-weller) [Read More](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/welcome-to-xian) ![IMG_5355.jpg](https://www.addieweller.com/hubfs/IMG_5355.jpg) [Travel,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/travel) [Yangshuo,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/yangshuo) [Guilin,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/guilin) [China](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/china) ### [First Impressions: Guilin and Yangshuo](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/first-impressions-in-guilin-and-yangshuo) 8/25/16 5:44 AM Our first taste of China begins in the beautiful and bustling city of Yangshuo. We arrived here late (or early?) last Friday night/Saturday morning in China, after a strangely easy trip from Chicago to Shanghai, and finally Shanghai to Guilin. We didn’t lose our luggage, we didn’t have any trouble at customs, and we even slept a bit on the plane— an A+ trip in my book. [Addie Weller](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/author/addie-weller) [Read More](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/first-impressions-in-guilin-and-yangshuo) ![](https://www.addieweller.com/hubfs/flight-map.png) [Travel,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/travel) [HubSpot Support,](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/hubspot-support) [Reflections](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/topic/reflections) ### [From HubSpot to China: What I Hope to Take With Me](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/from-hubspot-to-china) 7/19/16 9:08 AM --- After a whirlwind of a year at HubSpot, I spent my final day as a Support Engineer on July 8th. What an experience it has been! [Addie Weller](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/author/addie-weller) [Read More](https://www.addieweller.com/blog/from-hubspot-to-china)