I’m beginning to understand why most expats I’ve met only
ever intended on being here for twelve months or less but have stayed put for years.
Living in Beijing (as opposed to Shanghai or Hong Kong) is not easy, what
with the traffic, pollution and language barrier; however something (other than
purely business) is keeping them here. Perhaps it’s the fact that there is something
always going on, indeed epitomised by my
final weekend in Beijing: a mid week dinner date with my friend from Paris, Chabad
for Shabbat on Friday night, the Great Aircraft Carrier Party held on a
decommissioned Russian carrier a few hours out of Beijing in Tianjin
on Saturday, a farewell dinner on Sunday with the many faces I have met over
the last three months, and all the weird and wonderful street sightings in
between....
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| Indian market |
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| Ballerina |
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| @ Villa Luga with Ketty, from Paris |
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| @ Elements |
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| Chabad, Lido |
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| Shabbat dinner |
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| Great Aircraft Carrier Party, Tianjiin |
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| Just a 1.5 hr bus ride...or 4 including pit stops! |
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| Roni, Adina |
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| Welcome to China, please provide passport and visa details! |
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| That's a decommissioned Russian aircraft carrier ... |
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| showing off my best photo victory pose in my friend's military vest in keeping with the theme of the night |
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| Farewell dinner at Pure Lotus |
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| complimentary 'iced' watermelon..so china |
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| and flowers... |
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| @ Migas rooftop |
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