Well, another year is over and another yet another vacation has come and gone, during which I forgot to blog. I spent the last two weeks in Melbourne, Australia, with Teresa and Wray. Tes was my roommate at boarding school in Kenya and Wray is a good friend from during my time at RVA as well.
There's something so wonderful about spending time with friends like these two. First of all, I've known them for more than a year, which trumps 99.9% of the people that I spend my time with these days. They also get me. They get the confusion, the geographical displacement, and the uncertainty that fills me when I think about long term plans or settling down in one place. It is so nice to be understood, to not have to worry about what they think or how they will respond to something odd that I say, and to just be able to relax. While I feel at home and comfortable in Chengdu, this vacation was a welcome reprieve from reality.
My time in Australia was filled partially with being a tourist, but more so with just relaxing and enjoying friends. I spent three days at the beach, a day on the Great Ocean Road, a day in the city of Melbourne enjoying the sights, a day visiting an animal sanctuary that only has animals native to Australia, and an evening ringing in the New Year with thousands of others in downtown Melbourne. All in all, it was pretty much the perfect vacation.
And now it's back to Chengdu with me, geared up and ready for whatever adventures this next quarter might bring.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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