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It’s been almost a year since my last blog post. If this sounds like the movie version of someone entering the confession booth in church, I mean no disrespect to those who know and practice the real thing.
Last year’s plethora of posts celebrated our post-pandemic return to China and other travel on “their” (our kids’) side of the International Dateline. Posts were packed full of adventure, revisited and first-time destinations, newfound relatives, and family history resources.
We wish our family and friends a happy, healthy, productive, peaceful, and safe 2023! This secular one is our second New Year of three–after Rosh Hashanah–with Chinese New Year, known in China as Spring Festival, coming up January 22.
After our sojourn at the “pedestrian” (with credit to my friend Leila for just the right word) Holiday Inn, we improved our living conditions considerably. Our apartment for however long we stay in Beijing (still TBD) is on the eighth floor of the St. Regis Residences adjacent to the St. Regis Hotel. This central Beijing location is about a half-block from our family, and the health club here, including its fabulous indoor pool, is their gym. We’re renting a furnished unit with two bedrooms, two sumptuous baths, large open living and dining room, kitchen, in-unit laundry facilities, and great storage space. It’s what is called a service apartment. This means that weekly maid service, towels, linens, etc., are included. I could easily live like this forever (preferably not in Beijing).