After too many hours spent yearning to travel without any obligations or responsibilities I replace: - an oversized apartment - celebrity status with hundreds of adoring fans - a personal driver, and - the most generous friends with: - a backpack - 3 sets of clothes - two pairs of shoes - a bag of toiletries, and - a lonely planet guide to china. Teaching in Tianjin for three months (in a nutshell) was an experience that taught me so much more than just the limited mandarin i can now speak today. I am thankful for the experience, however I have the most itchy feet and need to move on. There is so much I need to see that wouldn't be possible if I stayed. I have said my last "bye bye" and am catching a
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