Our main goal today was to get to the Temple of Heaven and meet Noreen, who had her VSO 'exit interview' in the morning. Noreen's been a volunteer in China for two years, devoting her energy and experience to teacher training in the Provinces of Guangxi (1 year) and Gansu (1 year). When I heard she would be in Beijing on the 26th, I was determined that our paths cross, before she heads back to Europe (Ireland then Spain). While waiting for Noreen to arrive we avoided the camera-yielding gawkers by hanging out with these two friendly park workers, who chatted to us like friends, not animals in a zoo. It's not only the British who talk about the weather. We spent about 20 minutes discussing the climate differences between Beijing and Yunnan, a conversation initiated by the chap on the right. It's horribly hot and we spent the afternoon sitting in the shade of various trees, chatting about our time in China and what lies ahead.
Noreen and Edie and Barbie, who was lost half an hour later - Edie left her sitting in a tree and when we went back to find her, she was gone.
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