Travel Blog #26: Last Day

Hey!

It’s my last full day here in Beijing. What an experience it’s been.

Day 26: the closing ceremony was this morning and as I mentioned earlier, I was selected to give a speech. It went really well! When the ceremony ended, many of the teachers, students and even the director of the international office told me I did an amazing job! Three students including myself gave speeches about their experience. One student even told me that I was the best speech of the morning – now that, had me SHOOK. I’ll likely post the video to my Facebook page when I get home and eventually on my YouTube channel, when I do, you’ll know.

Also, I received my report card from my class and I got an A+ in my language class and an A in my culture class. I’m super proud of myself!!!

When we left the ceremony, Veronica, Chelsea, Megan and I went to a canteen Megan had recently discovered and the rest of us never knew about. Y’all. Why was this one of the best meals I’ve had while in China. WHY was this just discovered on my LAST. DAY. We all got hot pots which is a dish where you can select meat, vegetables and rice that’ll be cooked for you fresh, and it’s served to you in a sizzling skillet, so it’s still cooking a little. It was delicious. I know they say, ‘all good things must come to an end,’ but I didn’t think that meant good things don’t come until the end – ugh! After lunch, we took naps, of course. For dinner we went to a Peking duck restaurant. You can’t go to Beijing and not try Peking duck, okay. It’s great.

It’s almost time for me to end this travel blog series, because my travels will be over tomorrow.

Until then,

再见 (Bye)!

Kyla