The Heath's last day in China - 4 April 2014

The day started late as Nikki had to pack their bags and make sure everything was accounted for.  Before we left for our last walk we had some family photo shoots in the hotel room.  Then we decided to go for the last walk down Wangfujing with them.  How time flies when you are having fun.

We went for our goodbye supper at Grandma's and we really did eat a lot of food.  The waiter actually came to our table and said that the chef wanted to know if we still wanted the rice and noodles as we had ordered a lot of food.  We did not even know it as you don't get a plate of food in front of you but instead everything is served in bowls and placed in the middle of the table.  And you don't dish up a huge plate full but instead a little bit at a time.  You also only have a side plate  to dish up on. A fantastic way to eat.  Very sociable.  I think we actually got drunk on the food as we had such a funny evening that we could not stop laughing. 

Then we walked again just to get the food down.  

Then it was back to the hotel again where Nikki and Marco got the children ready for the flight and then themselves.  

At 10pm we were down in the lobby saying goodbye.  It is not easy to say goodbye especially when you don't see family that often.  And Nikki and Marco and our family are in the same boat.  There were tears and kisses and thanks all around. And they left.

Their flight left at 1am Saturday morning.

Nikki, Marco, Tamika and Liam.  Thank you for a fantastic holiday in Beijing.  We loved having you here and we miss you terribly.  

Love you sis.

You guys are awesome.

(Niks Bali is coming up in June - nudge nudge.)

So off we went to our hotel as we were only leaving the next day, Saturday.