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I like your channel. Your linguistic talent is amazing. Your unique angles are inspiring and entertaining. Your videos are beautiful. Wish you all the best!
I am not enjoying this episode. Bad turn. Will you rename the channel "Katherine and the chickens?" Wait a minute it is normal for couples to house hunt together, what is the deal?
I left China when I was 5, and have only been back a few times, including a few years ago to mom's small town(by Chinese standards). Watching your video brought back a lot of memories. Thanks for showcasing your life.
This was great. Rural China living is fun. My family has been living in a village outside Lijiang, Yunnan for a few years now. We (including my two homeschooled kids) have learned to farm, to raise chickens, play hide and seek in the nearby forest, and have been having a great experience.
The most important think is that you look so happy to return back to China and also Congratulations for your new job. The Chinese countryside is so peaceful and there you will spend awesome days Thank you for sharing this fantastic video
Kathy without any doubt, your shows are so popular around the world ; because you showed a lot of scenery of the country sides , on the contrary young generations of Chinese prefer to move to the cities . You really help us to change our mind to pay more attention to the country sides . Thanks !
@@wynn3077 Ya, she also showed the millions of Uyghurs imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay and Elon Musk throwing fireballs at their feet to make than dance for King Biden I! If you imagine the millions of Uyghurs imprisoned in China, can you show me on Google Map where they are? Surely, a prison camp which can accommodate that amount can be seen from satellite. They got half-wits like you believing in their fabrication. For some people, April 1st is everyday
@@jieding-gn8qg 996 is nothing. we have that busy work schedule in America also. trying to survive in NY or LA as a fresh college graduate, I don't think its any easier than trying to survive in Shanghai.
Hats off to your drive to embrace rural China, the heart and soul of the nation beneath the concrete and neons. Very few, even among a significant portion of Chinese population today, care to walk this only route to truly understand China. You're in for a career that will lead to something big.
You can do some "Shorts" whenever you have a minute. Whether it is riding down a country road, or just chatting with the chickens, or listening to the birds, we appreciate/enjoy any updates no matter how small.
I've just moved to Beijing to start my PhD and I'm super happy the channel is continuing! Hope you enjoy whatever future the rural life has waiting for you haha
I’d TOTALLY live in rural China, especially close to those rich cities such as Hangzhou. Convenient (albeit no TOO much, which can be kinda boring sometimes) but reclusive and green spaces, as well as a place way more linked with traditions than the big cities. Perfect.
Alongside with Suzhou, Hangzhou is my favorite city in China. Capital of the richest dynasty in China’s history, the West Lake, Xixi Wetlands, the old buildings and the greenery of the surrounding area… Beautiful region.
Always enjoy your content, whether visiting family in the States, negotiating the chaos of India, or in your chosen home of China. You do seem to be happiest back in China! Having a new job and and continuing your RUclips channel is more than enough to handle without taking on house renovations as well. As much as we might like a version of Katherine's "This Old House" in China I think the work involved, along with the expense of repairs might be a bit too much. Look forward to learning more about your new job.
having a job is really important it keeps your mind active & healthy even though i retired early due to the trend here in america. i wanted to say good luck with your new endeavor & your new rural home...
i retired in my mid 50's when they offered me early-out. i used to travel 8 months out of the year up until i had to look after my mom, and then my dad in their latter years. it's time to do the things you couldn't do when you were working. enjoy your retirement.
I taught and lived in Lin'an outside of Hangzhou a couple of years ago. It was beautiful. I might also move to Nanjing Xianlin soon too. Let me know how you liked it there.
Feel nostalgic after watched your video. 农村生活是很多年轻人回忆的一部分。 你的视频就像一座桥， 承载了很多从农村走出去在大城市打拼的年轻人的回忆。 很怀恋the sounds about goats, chicken in you clip. Hopefully can explore the roads you biked to feel it in- person. Thanks a lot. Love it
As a Hangzhouer, i'm so impressed by this video. Looking forword of more videos about the rural life in Hangzhou. There's definitely a lot to experience!
Looks like you have changed job and home(whatever happened to your cosy house you lovingly spent much time and effort and in a nice village). I wish you happy and enjoy your new life in Hangzhou!
I was born in the place where you were visiting. And I finished my High school just several kilometers away from the place in your video. After many years studied outside of Hangzhou. I finally returned and now working in an Institue near the place I was born. I have seen many of your videos. Hopefully, I wish I can be your friend, because I like your videos a lot and willing to make some contribution for your videos career.
Good to see u back and biking again in the countryside. Brrh, it looks terribly cold if u only have wood fire to keep the house warm. Must say u r one tough gal from the US. All the best and hope u get the home of your choice.
hangzhou... my dream city, i plan to study there before the pandemic start and now im not sure if i got the time.. i live in beijing 7years ago but rural hangzhou a bit different with rural beijing such a great experience to live in china to see things you think you know but you dont. Thanks for sharing the vlog kath.
With relative cheap labour and materials (you could even do it yourself), you shouldn't have much problems transforming one of those properties into a dream home.
The best of luck, Katherine! Please do not worry the sporadic upload schedule of your videos. We your fans would understand perfectly. Your health, your personal happiness and the balance in your life are the priority. Happy Holidays and a prosperous 2023 to you and your family!
Kathrine and the Rural China bike tours are back, love it. I see a new bike. I was already wondering with the "old" bike whether you have adjusted the seating position ergonomically. Since you ride your bike a lot, I would advise you as a former cyclist to adjust your seating position. So you could save a lot of power. My suggestion is the 4min video from adventuresportu: How to Set Your Bicycle Seat Height. Keep up the good work, thank you.
This isn’t my bike, it’s a public share bike, my bike is in storage in Chengdu 😭😭 I hope I can go get it next month. For me comfort is more important than efficiency/speed so I keep the handlebars higher than the seat , it also is because I am filming while riding so better to be sitting upright instead of hunched over the handlebars , but it does make me quite slow 🤣 I inch along and enjoy the scenery. Hahaha
Staying in rural area is an ideal way of life for sure, but I can see it's quite a challenge when you choose to live in proximity to big city in China🤔 Wish you good luck, Katherine 🙏
Love the traditional country kitchen with the wood stove! A little more of a hassle, but so worth it when having guests over and cooking a meal for many!
China has a new type of environment-friendly stove, burning firewood. Higher energy utilization, more environmental protection, less soot. Stainless steel. About several thousand yuan
@@kats_journey_east Yes, small World. I live in Fuyang 富阳，which is now a district of Hangzhou, by car about 40min west from the main city centre. 下次一起吃饭
This is very interesting to me. I am American Caucasian, my wife is mainland Chinese. With my sister in law living in Hanzhou, we also toured a little bit into the surrounding country side. Only 20 minutes into the mountains there are clusters of beautiful spic and span tea fam houses. They all have pretty much the same 4 quadant floor plan, the shop room ground floor left. I pipe dreamed of getting one of those for retirement, but my wife said it is impossible. Allocation is strictly controlled. On the other hand, in my wifes home town in the provinces, house is no problem, nobody wants a standalone house. Everyone wants new condo. Renovation no problem. There are myriads of small home finishing contractors. All condo towers sell the units unfinished. Finishing is a huge business.
Being a "foreigner" becomes a concrete reality in a rural setting. You can throw out the niceties and the cute animals. Living amongst vs. just passing through are two entirely different worlds. Katherine is even looking more like an adult these days. The adventure continues...
Please elaborate about "looking more like an adult." If looking like an adult involved being very serious, I prefer our Yang Yang to be humorous and fun. 😂😂😂
I prefer rural life too, and that's why I moved to US. I was born in a small village in hubei, and then go big cities for college and work , and now lived in SF bay area and quite enjoy the rural life here. Have fun.
Since last year, I've been exploring some of Hangzhou's rural areas, and in Yuhang （余杭）and Linan（临安）I've discovered a lot of breathtaking places. Enjoy your life in Hangzhou!
Wow, this is really exciting and brave! Can you please do a quick update of your life and job situation? Did I miss a video or something? It looks like your entire arrangement has changed in the last 6 months.
You're going to have your hands full if you try to renovate the unfinished house, but the reward will be worthwhile. Going back to Mother Natural will be the future trend, besides you're going to get a more therapeutic life style.
can't believe it you are living in Hangzhou! RUclips recommended your video to me years ago, it was a big surprise when I found we studied in the same university! And now we are in the same city! Rural areas in Hangzhou are definitely worth exploring.
It’s funny you said you felt nostalgic seeing roadside vendors in the Chinese countryside even you didn’t grow up in that environment. I feel nostalgic seeing you following your heart exploring the world even I thought my life goal was to find somewhere and settle down. You reminded me of someone I really miss.
I was born and grew up in Hangzhou. Came to the U.S. in 1995. Now my daughter decided to go to NYU Shanghai for college and her reason was it’s boring to go to U.S. colleges. What a circle of life! I would imagine curiosity must play a role for your life choices.
Good luck 🍀! You are bright gal! And brave one too. I’m Chinese myself and found it difficult to leave my familiar surroundings for other new pastures.
I used to think that only Chinese people had a strong aspiration for an idyllic life because of cultural reasons, but now, I firmly believe that it’s a universal desire that is shared by all human beings.
Reminds me of a time long ago living in my Grandma's house in Zhongshan Shaxi. Except the house was probably built some time in the 1800's. Rural life has it's charms no doubt.
Such young and brilliant outlook on life, cosmopolitan and driven, and connected with Mother Earth, but I'd think if you don't ride a bicycle for 24-30 hours non-stop out of Hangzhou city then you ain't really "rural"... more-like suburban... but I gather you're aiming for that rural feel/rural-like environment from what you're describing halfway thru the video...
Welcome home! New bicycles? (Yellow and blue) Or were they rented bikes? Renting in the countryside is not too difficult in our area although you can never be 100% sure about how contracts will be observed. Buying of course is impossible, unfortunately. Glad the channel will continue, we've missed you. How is the other half doing?
it’s a public share bike , my folding bike is still in Chengdu 😭😭 hope I have time to go and get it and my other things next month , I have been too busy lately
I lived more than 5 years outside of Pingyao 瓶窑 in a little village called Penggong 彭公. It is not Convenient living in that kind of area and kind of boring. Going to the city took me an hour on good traffic conditions with my own car. Making friends with local villagers is difficult because life is just too different. However I wish you good luck on your endeavors.
Happy to see you back in rural China, Katherine. I always look forward to all your videos. As a loyal subscriber and viewer for over a year I really have to ask you this. I'm not telling you what to do but I do feel like there's a cliff hanger that a lot of us would like you to update us on. Where is Wei?? I can understand if maybe you two broke up and you're just not ready to address it but I think it would be nice if you can update us on it in the near future. For some us, we have been literally following your life for a long time and in my personal opinion, I think you should let us in on what happened. I think it just feels like we are not getting all of Katherine's life even though these videos you make is a lot about your life in China. I know you still have a private life to protect but I hope you understand that having watch Wei in so many of your videos that not seeing him anymore abruptly is leaving us to wonder what happened to him each time I watch your videos. He was in so many of your videos. Kinda weird not seeing him anymore tbh. We need closure too so we can move on. Haha.. Thank you for understanding and as always thank you for making these fantastic videos.
To keep balance between work and life is really not that easy, hope you have a bright future and still looking forward to see your exploration Katherine, i hope it is not the end
Hi Kate, great to have you back again. In fact run thru this video few rounds to truly digest the contents 🤣. Glad your works involved traveling rural parts and the freedom to do vlog too. Happy house hunting. The last unit, as you said has d right vibes.💫. Looking forward for more insights of your new ventures n house hunting. Last, Merry Christmas 🌲and Happy New Year to all your dear ones.
Great video. The rural area looks more vibrant than the village my mom showed me in 2019, which was a ghost town near Guangzhou in SE China (all people emigrated or live in nearby Kaipeng). Loved you showed the insides of the rural houses. It looks like my moms which we couldn't go in (she didn't have key to her abandoned family home). If I had the money, I retire to my mom's home & reno it.
@@kats_journey_east I saw that bike video tour :-) I videoed my mom & I trip back to her childhood village for posterity (it's on YT too (she wanted to go back as she senior citizen now).
Finding auspicious houses is my specialty and so far limited to myself being the only client 😂😂😂 I am retired after studying so many years with so many verifications of feng shui. It is not an easy job because you don’t know what you have learned is authentic and can weather the test of time.
Love you Kat, I’m from Hongkong, living in USA for 40 years, just retired unfortunately my dear wife passed away recently, I also tired of American way of living it’s not safe here, I think time for me to come home 🏠
It is super interesting to see a foreign gal living in rural China. Great experience and nice people at the countryside. Hope all goes well for you. Cheers.
It's kinda the elephant in the room. It is her personal life though. Having said that, it's up to her to decide if that's part of her journey to the East to share. I'm just glad to be able to live vicariously through her.
@@bujianghu8007 Nonsense if you understand the channel. The channel is not about her personal life but rather her journey to China and the showcasing of the Chinese people and places. She even assiduously avoid geopolitics. It is not the elephant in the room her personal relationship, okay?
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🇺🇸 but, is India your true love? Where's Wei Wei?
不是自己的房子千万别装修。装修的钱足够你自己搭建一套自己理想的房子
I like your channel. Your linguistic talent is amazing. Your unique angles are inspiring and entertaining. Your videos are beautiful. Wish you all the best!
I am not enjoying this episode. Bad turn. Will you rename the channel "Katherine and the chickens?"
Wait a minute it is normal for couples to house hunt together, what is the deal?
I suggest you rent a house in the countryside near Zhuhai, Nanshan bamboo sea. The scenery and climate over there are best
I left China when I was 5, and have only been back a few times, including a few years ago to mom's small town(by Chinese standards). Watching your video brought back a lot of memories. Thanks for showcasing your life.
This was great. Rural China living is fun. My family has been living in a village outside Lijiang, Yunnan for a few years now. We (including my two homeschooled kids) have learned to farm, to raise chickens, play hide and seek in the nearby forest, and have been having a great experience.
Kat, I must say that I'm really impressed with your ability to master the Chinese language so well! 我真的必须要为你点赞！好样的！
The most important think is that you look so happy to return back to China and also Congratulations for your new job. The Chinese countryside is so peaceful and there you will spend awesome days Thank you for sharing this fantastic video
Very pleasure to see you are back , Katherine. Also, I love your trips around China's country side. Regards from Brazil.
我就不一样了，Katherine,I love you!小王总只能排第二！
as a Chinese, I also like to see that videos
If you move to Hangzhou, then Hangzhou has 三大老外, 阳离子，瑞丽，Popmatta ❤️❤️❤️😀
Kathy without any doubt, your shows are so popular around the world ; because you showed a lot of scenery of the country sides , on the contrary young generations of Chinese prefer to move to the cities . You really help us to change our mind to pay more attention to the country sides . Thanks !
没办法，跑到中国996，中国太卷了🤣
This is so right. I love to see the "natural" China. Katherine shows it to us so that we feel that we are THERE
@@wynn3077 Ya, she also showed the millions of Uyghurs imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay and Elon Musk throwing fireballs at their feet to make than dance for King Biden I! If you imagine the millions of Uyghurs imprisoned in China, can you show me on Google Map where they are? Surely, a prison camp which can accommodate that amount can be seen from satellite. They got half-wits like you believing in their fabrication. For some people, April 1st is everyday
@@wynn3077 blinded and stupid
@@jieding-gn8qg 996 is nothing. we have that busy work schedule in America also. trying to survive in NY or LA as a fresh college graduate, I don't think its any easier than trying to survive in Shanghai.
My family and I just moved to Nanjing last month. I'm excited for our adventures in China! Looking forward to more of your videos! :)
Love your channel name hahahaha
Oh wow, congrats on the move.. to my hometown too
@@kats_journey_east haha! Thank you!!
@@AmelieZh Thank you! Nanjing has been a great city so far! We can't wait to explore!
Wow, Nanjing is my home town.
Hats off to your drive to embrace rural China, the heart and soul of the nation beneath the concrete and neons. Very few, even among a significant portion of Chinese population today, care to walk this only route to truly understand China. You're in for a career that will lead to something big.
You can do some "Shorts" whenever you have a minute. Whether it is riding down a country road, or just chatting with the chickens, or listening to the birds, we appreciate/enjoy any updates no matter how small.
I've just moved to Beijing to start my PhD and I'm super happy the channel is continuing! Hope you enjoy whatever future the rural life has waiting for you haha
你在北京哪个大学
wow
太喜欢阳离子了！！每次看阳离子视频都有一种祥和平静的感觉
I’d TOTALLY live in rural China, especially close to those rich cities such as Hangzhou. Convenient (albeit no TOO much, which can be kinda boring sometimes) but reclusive and green spaces, as well as a place way more linked with traditions than the big cities. Perfect.
I absolutely love all
the bamboo groves surrounding the countryside. Hope you find the perfect home to raise your chickens and ducklings.
Alongside with Suzhou, Hangzhou is my favorite city in China. Capital of the richest dynasty in China’s history, the West Lake, Xixi Wetlands, the old buildings and the greenery of the surrounding area… Beautiful region.
guys，hangzhou is not a capital of the richest dynasty. I know you tell the dynasty is song.but
Hangzhou is the capital of the south of song.
Huge respect for stepping out of your comfort zone to truly explore asia culture!
What you planned, is exactly what I would love to live and do even it's just for a year or more. That's real living!
Always enjoy your content, whether visiting family in the States, negotiating the chaos of India, or in your chosen home of China. You do seem to be happiest back in China! Having a new job and and continuing your RUclips channel is more than enough to handle without taking on house renovations as well. As much as we might like a version of Katherine's "This Old House" in China I think the work involved, along with the expense of repairs might be a bit too much. Look forward to learning more about your new job.
Those roads of countryside were designed many years ago where rural China not much cars . Pretty narrow roads can’t hold two car’s lanes
@@weizhang2834 是的，这些道路宽度通常只有3.5米，每当春节的时候不太方便，平时的话问题不大
having a job is really important it keeps your mind active & healthy even though i retired early due to the trend here in america. i wanted to say good luck with your new endeavor & your new rural home...
i retired in my mid 50's when they offered me early-out. i used to travel 8 months out of the year up until i had to look after my mom, and then my dad in their latter years.
it's time to do the things you couldn't do when you were working. enjoy your retirement.
I taught and lived in Lin'an outside of Hangzhou a couple of years ago. It was beautiful. I might also move to Nanjing Xianlin soon too. Let me know how you liked it there.
Nanjing in general is nice but xianlin is super boring , I don’t recommend it tbh 🤣
Maybe ecological environment of Xianlin is more important to LN。
@@屯里的二哥 Lin'an is very nice and close to many famous scenic spots of rivers, forests and mountains. The subway connection to Hangzhou is fantastic.
I love ❤️ this village. Praying for you always
Feel nostalgic after watched your video. 农村生活是很多年轻人回忆的一部分。 你的视频就像一座桥， 承载了很多从农村走出去在大城市打拼的年轻人的回忆。 很怀恋the sounds about goats, chicken in you clip. Hopefully can explore the roads you biked to feel it in- person. Thanks a lot. Love it
As a Hangzhouer, i'm so impressed by this video. Looking forword of more videos about the rural life in Hangzhou. There's definitely a lot to experience!
Nice..😀 The fresh air and scenary look n feel like a good retirement place there😊
Looks like you have changed job and home(whatever happened to your cosy house you lovingly spent much time and effort and in a nice village). I wish you happy and enjoy your new life in Hangzhou!
I haven't changed job or home, the house tour in the end of the Egypt video IS this house, it's just unrecognizable after being cute-ified 😂
I was born in the place where you were visiting. And I finished my High school just several kilometers away from the place in your video. After many years studied outside of Hangzhou. I finally returned and now working in an Institue near the place I was born. I have seen many of your videos. Hopefully, I wish I can be your friend, because I like your videos a lot and willing to make some contribution for your videos career.
I love the bamboo groves. I used to live in a village surrounded by a bamboo grove in China. I now live in NYC.
Good to see u back and biking again in the countryside. Brrh, it looks terribly cold if u only have wood fire to keep the house warm.
Must say u r one tough gal from the US. All the best and hope u get the home of your choice.
I’ll probably cheat and get some space heaters, hahahahahahaha
I totally enjoy the quietness of the countryside though, so precious. Away from countryside there is constant noise of vehicles, so hard to get away.
hangzhou...
my dream city, i plan to study there before the pandemic start and now im not sure if i got the time..
i live in beijing 7years ago but rural hangzhou a bit different with rural beijing
such a great experience to live in china to see things you think you know but you dont.
Thanks for sharing the vlog kath.
恭喜陽離子找到能適應目前生活的工作😀😀
With relative cheap labour and materials (you could even do it yourself), you shouldn't have much problems transforming one of those properties into a dream home.
It’s good to see the lovely Katherine again.👏👏👏👍👍👍
很喜欢阳离子对于生活的态度，不是每个人都能坚持做自己。
是的
The best of luck, Katherine! Please do not worry the sporadic upload schedule of your videos. We your fans would understand perfectly. Your health, your personal happiness and the balance in your life are the priority. Happy Holidays and a prosperous 2023 to you and your family!
Kathrine and the Rural China bike tours are back, love it.
I see a new bike. I was already wondering with the "old" bike whether you have adjusted the seating position ergonomically. Since you ride your bike a lot, I would advise you as a former cyclist to adjust your seating position. So you could save a lot of power. My suggestion is the 4min video from adventuresportu: How to Set Your Bicycle Seat Height. Keep up the good work, thank you.
This isn’t my bike, it’s a public share bike, my bike is in storage in Chengdu 😭😭 I hope I can go get it next month. For me comfort is more important than efficiency/speed so I keep the handlebars higher than the seat , it also is because I am filming while riding so better to be sitting upright instead of hunched over the handlebars , but it does make me quite slow 🤣 I inch along and enjoy the scenery. Hahaha
What about adding a propeller or even a solar panel for sustainability and power? Save the pedalling. 😂😂😂
Congratulation with the new job and exited for what is to come.
Staying in rural area is an ideal way of life for sure, but I can see it's quite a challenge when you choose to live in proximity to big city in China🤔 Wish you good luck, Katherine 🙏
Obviously she has internet there. Not that rural these days.
@@myleshagar9722 互联网在中国每个地方都很普及，相对于中国农村最不方便的就是交通
Love the traditional country kitchen with the wood stove! A little more of a hassle, but so worth it when having guests over and cooking a meal for many!
China has a new type of environment-friendly stove, burning firewood. Higher energy utilization, more environmental protection, less soot. Stainless steel. About several thousand yuan
@@大象大头 只需要两三百，但柴火是个问题，不如直接打电话叫人送煤气罐
WOW !! Nice to stay in Hangzhou. Take care and best wishes to you always.
So professional. Can't wait to see if you got the house. Thanks for bringing the rural real china to us.
Happy to see your new update, hope you will enjoy your life in rural China.
I just moved to Hangzhou countryside two weeks ago (coming from Germany). Now I have to look everyday if I see you passing our house with your bike :)
Omg really ?? Small world hahaha , what part ? The place I might be living next year is Baizhang, one hour northwest of the Hangzhou city area
@@kats_journey_east Yes, small World. I live in Fuyang 富阳，which is now a district of Hangzhou, by car about 40min west from the main city centre. 下次一起吃饭
Please note this is not bird watching, okay? 😂😂😂
@@t1rrr0n 在中国应该说 下次我请你吃饭😀
Where is your husband? It’s been a while since we saw him in your videos. He is a funny guy.
I love the view from the second to the last house.
A bamboo forest outside your window is so cool🤩Shame it's too big to live in.
This is very interesting to me. I am American Caucasian, my wife is mainland Chinese. With my sister in law living in Hanzhou, we also toured a little bit into the surrounding country side. Only 20 minutes into the mountains there are clusters of beautiful spic and span tea fam houses. They all have pretty much the same 4 quadant floor plan, the shop room ground floor left. I pipe dreamed of getting one of those for retirement, but my wife said it is impossible. Allocation is strictly controlled. On the other hand, in my wifes home town in the provinces, house is no problem, nobody wants a standalone house. Everyone wants new condo. Renovation no problem. There are myriads of small home finishing contractors. All condo towers sell the units unfinished. Finishing is a huge business.
Love your rural china content very much and good luck to your new job!
Being a "foreigner" becomes a concrete reality in a rural setting. You can throw out the niceties and the cute animals. Living amongst vs. just passing through are two entirely different worlds. Katherine is even looking more like an adult these days. The adventure continues...
Please elaborate about "looking more like an adult." If looking like an adult involved being very serious, I prefer our Yang Yang to be humorous and fun. 😂😂😂
I prefer rural life too, and that's why I moved to US. I was born in a small village in hubei, and then go big cities for college and work , and now lived in SF bay area and quite enjoy the rural life here. Have fun.
Since last year, I've been exploring some of Hangzhou's rural areas, and in Yuhang （余杭）and Linan（临安）I've discovered a lot of breathtaking places. Enjoy your life in Hangzhou!
Wow, this is really exciting and brave! Can you please do a quick update of your life and job situation? Did I miss a video or something? It looks like your entire arrangement has changed in the last 6 months.
Coming soon , I haven’t shared anything specific about the job yet , I was abroad for three months and doing a gap year of traveling prior to that
@@kats_journey_east where is Wei?
Glad to see your new adventures and looking forward for more. Whatever happen between you and Wei? Did I miss something?
great to hear you start to work full time
这边几乎不地震，但是这些老房子大概率抗不过7级地震，还是要稍微注意一下哈。不过确实，江浙沪也不是地震带，那些新房子看上去就舒服很多。
我一直想着能在福建老家，能修一个复式三层小楼，养喵喵和汪汪，门口花园，后院种菜～
现在老家邻居们大多都是这些新小洋楼的样子了，真令人羡慕。
You're going to have your hands full if you try to renovate the unfinished house, but the reward will be worthwhile. Going back to Mother Natural will be the future trend, besides you're going to get a more therapeutic life style.
Amazed at your language skills. I’ve lived in Cyprus and Germany and speak both languages.
can't believe it you are living in Hangzhou! RUclips recommended your video to me years ago, it was a big surprise when I found we studied in the same university! And now we are in the same city! Rural areas in Hangzhou are definitely worth exploring.
It’s funny you said you felt nostalgic seeing roadside vendors in the Chinese countryside even you didn’t grow up in that environment. I feel nostalgic seeing you following your heart exploring the world even I thought my life goal was to find somewhere and settle down. You reminded me of someone I really miss.
Rural anywhere in the world has one draw back is buying stuff and amenities!
I hope you get to use your degree at your new job :p.
I was born and grew up in Hangzhou. Came to the U.S. in 1995. Now my daughter decided to go to NYU Shanghai for college and her reason was it’s boring to go to U.S. colleges. What a circle of life! I would imagine curiosity must play a role for your life choices.
Yes that's a significant reason why I moved here, I am a very curious person hahahaha. very interesting to hear your daughter is the same
Thanks for sharing your life update and the awesome work as always! Looking forward to learning about your new job
Good luck 🍀! You are bright gal! And brave one too. I’m Chinese myself and found it difficult to leave my familiar surroundings for other new pastures.
I used to think that only Chinese people had a strong aspiration for an idyllic life because of cultural reasons, but now, I firmly believe that it’s a universal desire that is shared by all human beings.
接到推广啦！恭喜！Love from Nanjing
Reminds me of a time long ago living in my Grandma's house in Zhongshan Shaxi. Except the house was probably built some time in the 1800's. Rural life has it's charms no doubt.
Such young and brilliant outlook on life, cosmopolitan and driven, and connected with Mother Earth, but I'd think if you don't ride a bicycle for 24-30 hours non-stop out of Hangzhou city then you ain't really "rural"... more-like suburban... but I gather you're aiming for that rural feel/rural-like environment from what you're describing halfway thru the video...
我也在杭州，哈哈！上次告诉你要开放了，准不准。
Yes, the bike trip. Thank you!
You are so courageous to even think of living in a rural area, but it may be worth trying for a little bit, what a life experience!
Hope everything is fine n u r doing well enough. Love your journey 💝♥️💗
我对标题提出一些建议，虽然李子柒能够让外国人熟知，但是即使国人也很少能够像李子柒一样熟悉制作各种特色食物、各种工具，并且每一样都制作的相当不错。
可能李子柒给其他国家人中国乡村美好生活的幻想，你必须知道美好的背后是花了相当多的时间进行学习和制作。
你可能忽略过程的困难，对于大部分人这些困难都是难以跨越的。
Wishing your dream come true soon😊
I wish I had your sense of positivity on the little things in life.
Hi,Catherine. I looked your previous videos repeatedly to wait to your new episode
I AN A NEW VIEWER and I happen to appreciate casual thing from far away place like China is so I enjoyed your bike ride. Thank you
我去过杭州很多次，特别喜欢那里，祝你在杭州过得开心
Lovely little house and I can imagine the experiences you’re going to enjoy ❤
Welcome home! New bicycles? (Yellow and blue) Or were they rented bikes? Renting in the countryside is not too difficult in our area although you can never be 100% sure about how contracts will be observed. Buying of course is impossible, unfortunately. Glad the channel will continue, we've missed you. How is the other half doing?
it’s a public share bike , my folding bike is still in Chengdu 😭😭 hope I have time to go and get it and my other things next month , I have been too busy lately
@@kats_journey_east i was also wondering how your bubby is doing. You are alone in the recent vedios. Best wishes from Toronto Canada.
good to see you again~
I lived more than 5 years outside of Pingyao 瓶窑 in a little village called Penggong 彭公. It is not
Convenient living in that kind of area and kind of boring. Going to the city took me an hour on good traffic conditions with my own car. Making friends with local villagers is difficult because life is just too different. However I wish you good luck on your endeavors.
Happy to see you back in rural China, Katherine. I always look forward to all your videos. As a loyal subscriber and viewer for over a year I really have to ask you this. I'm not telling you what to do but I do feel like there's a cliff hanger that a lot of us would like you to update us on. Where is Wei?? I can understand if maybe you two broke up and you're just not ready to address it but I think it would be nice if you can update us on it in the near future. For some us, we have been literally following your life for a long time and in my personal opinion, I think you should let us in on what happened. I think it just feels like we are not getting all of Katherine's life even though these videos you make is a lot about your life in China. I know you still have a private life to protect but I hope you understand that having watch Wei in so many of your videos that not seeing him anymore abruptly is leaving us to wonder what happened to him each time I watch your videos. He was in so many of your videos. Kinda weird not seeing him anymore tbh. We need closure too so we can move on. Haha.. Thank you for understanding and as always thank you for making these fantastic videos.
I will address it eventually when the time is Ripe, for now just sharing some vlogs
@@kats_journey_east You're the best Katherine. Thank you and happy holidays.
中国人好八卦哈哈
@@kats_journey_east
人家的私事你管这么多😂
To keep balance between work and life is really not that easy, hope you have a bright future and still looking forward to see your exploration Katherine, i hope it is not the end
hey she's back! 🥳
Hi Kate, great to have you back again. In fact run thru this video few rounds to truly digest the contents 🤣. Glad
your works involved traveling rural parts and the freedom to do vlog too. Happy house hunting. The last unit, as you said has d right vibes.💫. Looking forward for more insights of your new ventures n house hunting. Last, Merry Christmas 🌲and Happy New Year to all your dear ones.
It'll be nice to see you becoming a country girl and we can come along and experience it with you. Cheers to you from Edmonton Alberta Canada..
Great video on your back to China updates!! Glad to hear your journey will continue on this channel, yeah!!
最后一间真的是梦中情房了，而且居然还特别美式。。跟你真搭，阳离子必定要拿下啊，加油
脑子🧠，我认为她不是在中国农村找美式房子。我一直很奇怪很多人的思维方式
Thanks Katherine for being who you are. Yourself!
Great video. The rural area looks more vibrant than the village my mom showed me in 2019, which was a ghost town near Guangzhou in SE China (all people emigrated or live in nearby Kaipeng). Loved you showed the insides of the rural houses. It looks like my moms which we couldn't go in (she didn't have key to her abandoned family home). If I had the money, I retire to my mom's home & reno it.
I did a bike tour there , the villages there are all soooo empty but the architecture is super interesting
@@kats_journey_east I saw that bike video tour :-) I videoed my mom & I trip back to her childhood village for posterity (it's on YT too (she wanted to go back as she senior citizen now).
Finding auspicious houses is my specialty and so far limited to myself being the only client 😂😂😂 I am retired after studying so many years with so many verifications of feng shui. It is not an easy job because you don’t know what you have learned is authentic and can weather the test of time.
Love you Kat, I’m from Hongkong, living in USA for 40 years, just retired unfortunately my dear wife passed away recently, I also tired of American way of living it’s not safe here, I think time for me to come home 🏠
我在旧金山湾区，有些区域安全，有些区域不安全
It is super interesting to see a foreign gal living in rural China. Great experience and nice people at the countryside. Hope all goes well for you. Cheers.
Hey Kate, is your partner moving there too or just yourself? The house is rather huge.
also curious :)
Please don't conjecturise. Not nice. It's her personal business and we should not be sticky beaks. Respect. 😂😂😂
It's kinda the elephant in the room. It is her personal life though. Having said that, it's up to her to decide if that's part of her journey to the East to share. I'm just glad to be able to live vicariously through her.
@@bujianghu8007 Nonsense if you understand the channel. The channel is not about her personal life but rather her journey to China and the showcasing of the Chinese people and places. She even assiduously avoid geopolitics. It is not the elephant in the room her personal relationship, okay?
Oh, oh ,... the geese are back (10:14). Welcome to a new life, Katherine 2.0; we'll be rooting for you!
Bike view is very beautiful 😍
I admire your adventuresome spirit ❤ Thank you for sharing your life in China!😊👍👏🙏
There is a will, there is a way. Best wishes from LA
美国版的李子染！Li Ziqi knock offs!👍
Congrats on your new job, I am sure all will work out well.