I'm home!

Two months later, I'm home. I guess two months doesn't seem so long in retrospect, but I feel like I've seen/accomplished a lot in these past two months. I loved the people I met, the food I got to eat, and the things I got to see. I'm a bit "China'd" out for now, but I'm sure I'll make it back there in the near future, either job-related or to visit my Tsinghua friends or Liupanshui students.

Here are a few pictures from my last days in China, in case you wanted to see them:

A cool yet creepy Chinese building that we thought was the Underground City Mao built in the 60's but really was just a house.

Some of the thousands of people who went to watch the lowering of the flag in Tiananmen Square one night:
My friend Dave taking the obligatory tourist photo with some Chinese tourists:
Monkey and Mao, frienemies:

A beautiful lotus flower at Beihai Park:
A fantastic kite shop that makes Chinese-style kites by hand:
Some of the kites they have for sale:
My favorite, a turtle! Totally flyable, too! (550 rmb?):
I got 2 kites, an eagle for Alex and a butterfly for Wei:
The Opera House at night:

Goodbyes at the airport with Johanna and Krista:
So I guess this is it for the Belinda in China blog, at least until I return to China again. If you ever want to get together to talk about China or just hang out in general, call me! :) Thanks for reading and commenting, and hopefully I'll see all of you sooner or later. :)

zaijian,
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