The flight from Perth to Beijing was pretty good without much turbulence, It seemed to take forever to arrive but i guess that was just me watching my watch every five minutes or so, I passed through customs without a hitch and was approaching to greeting area and the doors opened about thirty meters in front of me and there she was, The biggest smile on her face and her arm in a sling , She fought her way through the crowd and we were reunited once again, From being someone who was once too shy to show her affection in public, She has changed so much, Not worrying about the older Chinese people looking at her now with a look of disapproval on their faces.
We made it to Beijing train station with about an hour to spare and then she told me that she was hungry, We found somewhere to eat and then she ordered
It wasnt a small meal but she managed to put it away with no problem and then said "I am still a little hungry", Ok, I am not going to complain about missing our train and having to wait another two hours for the next one because she was hungry
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Christmas day came and we was invited to the policeman's home for another slap up meal, "boy he can cook", Only a couple of glasses of bai jiu this time and then for a walk around Handan, We went to a big park where people were letting off small hot air balloons and there were hundreds and hundreds in the sky, People everywhere on this freezing cold evening but they were all having a good time, Impossible to get a taxi back to the hotel as it was so busy that night, We are staying in the usual hotel where we were greeted happily by the staff and the young lady who supervises the morning breakfast was happy to see us once again.
Stayed the night at the family home last night and was force fed until i nearly burst, As usual my breakfast consisted of about 500mls of bai jiu and about thirty dumplings"yes someone mentioned dumplings again", It was -5 when i looked at the thermometer last night as we huddled in our cold bed, Not so bad this-morning so i decided to go for a walk after breakfast, Got lost for 2 hours
but had warm greetings from the locals and eventually found my way back to the family home where MinYing told me she was worried and went looking for me, She wont let me from her sight now just in-case i do another Houdini act,
I must say that MinYing is asking a lot from me since the broken wrist, She insists that i bathe her every night as she has trouble washing everywhere,
, The things we do for love, he he , photos tomorrow and MinYing is going to have the cast changed on her arm, Hope the photo-shop guys can do wonders for me
, First wedding anniversary to celebrate on 12/30, Looking forward to many more, MinYing and John.
