Leaving Jack Behind

The flight to Beijing went all according to plan and we landed at Capital Airport the same afternoon. With some ‘local’ help we got into the airport shuttle and this bus was supposed to drop us off close to the hostel that we booked. It seemed like a solid enough plan. Unfortunately it didn’t really work out as planned and before we knew it, we were at the last stop and far away from our hostel. Great. We tried to convince the bus driver that he should let us stay in the bus and drop us off at the right place on the way back. When he finally understood (even though, we’re still not entirely sure that he did), he told us that he would only leave an hour from now. Not so wonderful. Okay then. Time to navigate in Beijing on our own!

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So first of all… a very happy new year to everyone!! Hope all of you had a smashing new year’s celebration and a good start of the new year..

We really had a great party – thanks Pascale and Bart! With way-way-way too much (and delicious) food and tons of fireworks. It was so much fun to see the whole Kramer-family get utterly excited over lighting their own fireworks, that I even forgot my fear of it from time to time. You’ll find below some pics of them playing with the firecrackers, and I guess the smile on Paulien’s face says it all .

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