Sunday was my last real day in Shanghai, since I leave Monday morning for Qingdao. I tried to sleep in and failed, but luckily Judy was online to talk to me for a bit as I woke up for real. Walked to the bakery nearby to grab some breakfast, and ran into Damin on the way back! We made plans to get lunch. I packed for a while, then he and I went to eat, which was nice. Packed for a while longer in the afternoon and took care of various things, then headed into the city because I knew any minute I'd get a text from Amy about dinner and I wanted to already be kinda in the vicinity. Stopped at the foreign language bookstore to get junk reading for the rest of my trip, and sat in a coffee shop to kill some more time. Then I walked around a bit, and finally it was time to meet Amy and Ben for dinner. Had a really nice 2-hour dinner with them, said goodnight and goodbye, and came home for the last time.
It's really hard to leave, especially since I'm heading to the less-familiar before I get to the more-familiar. I AM excited to see new places, though.
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All this adventure from someone who refused to go to overnight camp--well, after being on a camping trip in a flood.
Nice you had lunch with Damin and a fun dinner with Amy & Ben.
To Qingdao--and beyond!
If there's one thing you've shown to be true, it's that you can conquer essentially anything. Enjoy your travels, and coming home will be all the sweeter.
(the first time, I wrote "sweater")
Well, it has been hot in California...
Ali, I find myself feeling sad that your time in China is drawing to a close. I've SO enjoyed your daily blog. I'll miss it!
Hope all of your travels go smoothly until once again you are on good old American soil.
yay AIM
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