It’s Wednesday. We leave Monday. I can’t believe how fast this trip has gone! I’m going to miss it here, but then again, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss home. I am ready to come home, but before we go, we are headed out to Beijing. I’m looking forward to our weekend trip to the historical city. I am mostly excited to see the Great Wall. That, in itself, makes the whole trip to Beijing worthwhile. We’re even, Lord willing, going to be able to see a missionary family from our church while we’re there.
Since we won’t get back until Sunday, and we fly out Monday, this may be my final blog post of the China trip. But before I say ‘adieu,’ I wanted to give you all a little wrap-up of my trip, giving you what I will miss and what I will definitely not miss about China….
What I’ll miss…..
- Learning a new language and culture
- Experiencing something new every day
- Cheaper prices
- The food
- The people (especially our new friends, Mary, Linda, Avery, & Echo)
- Being able to walk most places
- Feeling different from everyone else
- Feeling as though we’re disconnected from reality being here
- Not having to work and just relax, shop and sight see everyday
- Being able to travel a new place and see exotic things with Matthew
What I’m not going to miss…
- The smells
- People always watching you and laughing
- being a minority
- People hoarding you on the streets trying to sell you stuff….”Lady, lady! You want to buy watch? bag? cheapy cheapy for you…you my friend… Lady!”
- The smells
- The uncleanliness of everything
- Not being able to drink the water
- The spitting/peeing/pooping in the streets
- The smog/air
- Feeling very large, comparatively
- Did I say “the smells”?
- Being away from family and friends, and Lilly
- The 14 hr flight to and from China
- Having to sit in a tub in order to shower (not conducive to shaving my legs)
