In my wildest dreams, yes. Feet planted firmly on the ground?.... felt more like a pipedream.
But here I am and hangin on tight. haha.
Ya know. As the plane grew closer and closer to the destination I kept thinking what if, what if, what if....
Well, turns out she's more spectacular than any of my wildest dreams. She's fun, playful and got a good sense of hunor. She's not uptight and stiff and loves to laugh and smile. Her sense of duty is strong and she doesn't let me infringe on her "responsiblities" and it's something that takes some getting used to but it's in her blood. The old saying, and it's kind of an ugly one but it applies in concept but, you can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you cant take the trailer park out of the girl. Her society has raised her to believe this is her duties as a daughter, wife, and mother and there's no grey area. It's like the moon. It just is...
As for Changchun, it's an amazingly clean city with crisp clear air and the streets are remarkably clean. No litter to speak of since there's a force of workers who spend all day picking up litter of all kinds.
I've yet to encounter any hostility or rude behavior. In fact, everyone has been genuinely kind and understanding and I'm always greeted with warm smiles and friendly handshakes.
It's an amazing journey I'm on. Unlike anything I've ever done in my life....Does it get any better? So far, it does every day.
