I was up at 5am as I had an 8am flight back to Beijing which I pretty much slept the whole way there. I landed and was in a taxi and back to my apartment by 11.30am. Two of my friends were having a BBQ at their house at 1pm so I had a shower and unpacked then went round to their house which if I lean out of my kitchen window I can see their garden on the next street, they are that close. I was the first one there and helped blow up balloons because it was also their oldest daughters birthday. It was a lovely hot sunny day and I wore my black maxi dress and one of the kids said to me “have you been to a funeral?” I don’t think I will be wearing that dress again in a hurry! I had a lovely afternoon catching up with all my friends (some had been to the Gobi desert, others to Xi’an and one had been to Thailand) so that was really nice. It’s weird that in the week we were all away Beijing seems to have transformed as all the trees were green again and blossoms were sprouting up everywhere! It wasn’t a late one as we all were back at school the next day, but it feels good to be back in Beijing!
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