We were able to spend Chinese New Year with Liu De Hai and his family this year thanks to a new fast train line being opened from our city directly to theirs. It only took about 4.5 hours! Previously, it would have taken a regular train and then a bus with a total trip time of 14-16 hours. . . so we hadn’t ventured to do that. It has been a couple of years since we have seen them, and it was so good to be together!

The kids had a blast and didn’t want to leave! However, the Coronavirus scare started while we were there and public transportation started to get shut down, so we were thankful to be able to make it home!