Including a lot of home-cooked food, daily vertical marathon in the early morning to burn some of those extra calories, language exercises and the occasional Mahjong or Uno game.
We were very lucky to avoid the worst of the winter shock Asia had been suffering in the weeks leading to Chinese new year and only experienced one snowing day, before temperatures started to climb steadily, reaching a very comfortable 15 degrees.
After 10 relaxing days I said my farewells and left for Japan, where I was meeting with a few colleagues for skiing – a traditional event running in the fourth year.
After nearly eleven months traveling non-stop together, this was actually our first time “separated” for more than an hour!!
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