Well, R&R is probably a misnomer. It seems that Brandon has met his match in his quest to avoid all his Chinese homework. Today we intended to just lay around the apartment, pack at a leisure pace and get ready for the first leg of the travel back tomorrow. Vicky's parents, however, had other ideas and showed up to help us get ready. Her father had been ribbing Brandon gently for being Chinese but not knowing Chinese and both of her parents took on the task of dealing with Brandon's inertia. He stood no chance... and completed half of his 10 weeks worth of not doing homework before lunch.
We then had a last lunch together with her parents before saying goodbye to them. One aspect of the goodbyes is the uncertainty of business today. Vicky is on a 2 year assignment to the USA, and doesn't know when she'll come back to China, so I observed her moving around the apartment and packing and wondering how one goes about packing when you're not sure how long you'll be gone. (We won't get into the tons of junk I carried for just a 2-week trip.)
As part of the packing, I photographed Vicky's apartment for her. This is an incredible 1 BR unit in Agile Gardens (in the suburb of Guangzhou). It has a nice loft area for relaxing or studying. The main entrance comes right into the Kitchen with the DR/LR room just beyond that. Down a hall to the right is a small study alcove, access to her patio (she's on the top floor), her bath and the one bedroom. To the left of the main entrance is the galley kitchen that leads out to a "service balcony" which is a key feature of the complex. The combo washer/dryer sits out there along with a laundry sink and a few other utilities. Despite being a 1BR unit, it has a surprising amount of space.
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