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dianel
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Di away - and Back!

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I'm off to China today for a couple of weeks. Be good.
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Have a great time Di and let us know what it's like :grin:
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Have a great time Di....see ya soon :wink:
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Hope you have a great time Diane , you are a right globe trotter you must love traveling very much.

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Hope you have a lovely time!
Jo :)
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Have a super time Di, see you in a few weeks from Linell.
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I'm back!

Had a fabulous time ... and it's so nice knowing I'll be heading off again in only a few weeks! Usually I get all depressed when a holiday is over, but THIS time ... woo, hoo! Just time to wash my clothes and repack the suitcase!

It was still really cold in Beijing - the magnolias and other blossoms only just starting to bloom and hardly any trees with leaves on them. Glad I took my thermals with me.

Gosh, there are crowds of tourists in Beijing now! The Olympics must have inspired lots of people to go there. We went to the Forbidden City on a Monday and it was packed (like it only used to be on the weekend).

Went to lovely part of the Great Wall (after a lot of nagging - or rather, persuading, from me) where you could get up to the top of the Wall by cable car instead of hundreds of steps. There was a fantastic view of the Wall marching away across jagged mountain tops into the far distance. Did Tai Chi on top of the Wall to applause from Chinese people, and the bemusement of the non-Chinese tourists.

We ate and ate and ate - At least 12 dishes at both lunch and dinner! But I worked most of it off learning Xing Yi for 2 hours every day. (involved lots of stamping - I can do a great Hissy fit now).

Really, REALLY looking forward to getting over and seeing you folks, now!
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Hey Di how cool is that to do Tai chi and get applause from
the chinese.....go girl!

:clap: :thumbup:

When do you leave for England?
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Hi Di

Missed you on line

Hope to see you in May

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Northern Lass wrote:When do you leave for England?


We leave Melbourne in 19 days, 15 hours and 30 minutes :grin:
and arrive in England in 36 days, 1 hour and 29 minutes!

Maths girl wrote:Hope to see you in May

Maths girl


I hope so too, Maths Girl
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