September 17th, 2011 by Rachel | | No Comments »
I am writing this letter to on the plane to Shanghai with tears. Saying goodbyes is never fun. I wish that unexpected turn of events did not end our trip together sooner, but this trip won’t be the last. I know we will meet again many more times in the future. We should thank Delta Airlines for their amazing gift of $600 voucher because it will allow us to see each other again very soon. LOL. It will definitely be within the next year because the voucher expires in September 2012. So, where shall we meet next? Kunming and the Yunnan province in China? As soon as we settle in to wherever we relocate and our careers if we hopefully find them soon, we will make plans.
I would like to sincerely thank you for standing by me and holding my hand throughout the trip from translating to assisting me at the hospital to sticking up for me when people got angry at me for taking photos to providing me the most exotic lifestyle experience including delicious food, riding the three wheel taxi, and opportunities to observe people in the city. Your smile and sense of humor always brighten my day.
No matter how far apart we are, we will always be next to each other in spirit as we write letters to each other via our newly developed site. I know that from our conversations, we have so much to educate to the world, from current issues to cultural differences. I hope that by sharing our letters to each other to the world, we can help them broaden their horizons too while we continue to expand our knowledge of our very different lives.