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After
a good nights sleep, followed by breakfast, we packed the last of our belongings,
ready to check-out and leave the hotel. Packed into the mini bus, we took our
last trip (at least for now) in
China,
as we again made our way back to the airport.
Check-in was chaotic! A group
of Norwegians were no longer booked on the flight. SAS had, according to the
group, taken the wrong coupon on the outbound journey, leaving them without a
coupon for the return. The flight was already overbooked, but somehow there was
room for them at take off.
We were lucky and got
re-seated in business class seats – so we had a comfortable return trip home.
Again Yanmei took it in her stride; sleeping for the initial part of the trip
– until just after we’d finished lunch. After she’d eaten her first
Scandinavian meal (although it was almost certainly prepared in All
our baggage had arrived with us;
and Lene's brother was waiting to meet us; and drive us home. Yanmei
settled down in her new home – probably thinking that it was yet another hotel;
unperturbed by the attention. Despite the time difference she slept more or less
through the night, in her new room and bed and had no signs of subsequent jet lag. Finally we were home after a long, physically and emotionally tiring trip at very short notice. We have been blessed by a daughter who took everything in her stride and we didn’t experience any of the integration problems that one sometimes hears of. Everything had gone so well, it felt more like a holiday.
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Luckily there was only a short queue at passport control,
so once on the other side, there was time to have a look around and spend the remaining Chinese Yuan.