This is the first time in a couple days, since the day before we left Liupanshui, that we’ve had wifi access. I’ve been writing a little bit each time we have some downtime waiting for something, knowing that we’d eventually be somewhere that would let me upload it. If you’re interested, look back through the last few pages of this blog to see what we’ve been doing.

Tomorrow morning we’re leaving China, flying back to Incheon. This time I’ll have a sister and friend with me. It brings back memories of leaving Spain, and closing that chapter. Bekah and I have talked about how leaving a place that you’ve learned to live in means that a lot of the specialized knowledge that you’ve developed is now useless, or at best lies dormant in a forgotten corner of your mind.

All my knowledge about how to navigate Barcelona’s streets, or the metro/subway map that’s burned into my mind, and how to bank, and especially the Catalan language–all of that is in my head but unused. For Bekah it’ll be the same, of course. That knowledge will find some application, but it will still feel like a key with no lock.

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