Back in the U.S.A.
It took me a while, but I am back from China.
I landed a few weeks ago, just in time to watch the start of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. (By the way, I don't know if you heard, the Olympics are going on in China this year.) As I sat watching part of the opening ceremonies from a bar stool somewhere in the Berkshires, I finally started to decompress and think about the last year of my life.
I think it goes without saying that my year exploring and living in another part of the world was a great experience for me. I was tested and challenged, attacked and humiliated, lauded and admired. I learned more in one year living in China than I could have ever learned in four years in a classroom.
And I saw and experienced things that were far beyond anything I could have imagined.