So the day has finally arrived, Friday 27th
March, the day I could return to my beloved China and I really couldn’t wait to get
on that plane!! I took a Finnair flight from Heathrow – Helsinki, waited around
at the airport for a few hours then got onto my Helsinki – Beijing flight where
I had planned to meet my friends from BLCU (北京语言大学) from
where I had studied previously last summer.
The plan was to stop off in Beijing for a whole day to meet up with friends and reminisce over the BLCU campus before flying on to Hangzhou which is where i'l be studying over the next three weeks as part of the Study China programme, so I just had one precious day in Beijing with my friends and I wanted to make the most of it!
My friend Lirong picked me up from Beijing airport at 9am Saturday morning, I haven’t seen her for 6 months so it was amazing to see her in real life again, such a great feeling!! We went directly to my hotel (conveniently located next to my old campus in Beijing) and then went straight for lunch at the canteen! Man i’ve missed that place so much, the food has such a wide variety, so delicious and crazily cheap compared to English prices (70p for lunch anyone??)!
Lirong and I stayed on campus for the day catching up and reminiscing from last year, I even got to visit my old dorm which was pretty cool, I can't wait to get back to studying in BLCU this September it's going to be great!
After having a nap in the
afternoon I was woken up by my Chinese girlies who were ready to go out for
dinner! It was so surreal to see them all after so long, really strange but
incredible feeling I've missed them so much! We wen't out to a restaurant outside
of campus and ate lots of delicious food, although at the time I was still
all messed up from the long flight and couldn't stomach much of it. After
dinner we went to the beer garden on campus and chilled for a couple of
hours. I've always loved the atmosphere in the beer garden in the evening. All in all a fab night, simple but perfect, almost like a dream to go back for
one day into my old Beijing life of last summer and a day I won't be forgetting in a hurry~
Tomorrow morning i've got to get to the airport early for my final destination - Hangzhou! Fingers crossed I don't oversleep or something that would be an absolute nightmare!! Bye bye Beijing for now, see you in three weeks time~
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