Last week I (Steve) was able to visit both Shanghai and Qingdao. In Qingdao I got to spend a few days at the school we worked at and with the special teachers and students that made our time in that city extraordinary.
What was really good was my timing was perfect as I got to attend the year end staff dinner where a focus is on the teachers who would be leaving. I was able to give a short speech (it always fun to be told these things 5 minutes before you have to do them) and then I was reminded that this was actually Tammy and I's going away dinner as well since we left during the current academic year. Unfortunately, although Tammy and Gabriel had wanted to join me in Qingdao, Gabriel's exam schedule in Hong Kong made it impossible.
Anyhow, the weather was about as perfect as it could be and our old stomping ground, the beach, was as beautiful as ever.
Our time in Qingdao was short (a year and a half) but it was one of the best, most refreshing, times of our lives.
