I’ve done numerous posts over the last 5-6 months describing what I’d like, but have been unable, to escape from, so for this post, I’m happy to say that as of a few days ago, I finally have something to escape to.
I have a new job starting in September, and for visa and paperwork purposes, next month, I’ll be relocating to Guangzhou, the city where I’ll be working. Good bye bad-news, law-breaking employers, foreigner-hating colleagues, and isolated college campus. Hello central and accessible university campus, welcoming and efficient staff, and snow-less, tropical city.
I will say that I am going to miss my current little crowd of students here in Nanjing immensely. I always do when I leave a school. On the positive social side, though, I will soon be reconnecting with some of my former high school students from Hunan province who are now university students in Guangzhou. I haven’t seen them in two years 
The photos above were taken when I visited Guangzhou for 3 days two years ago. There is a gorgeous botanical garden in the city, and I was in heaven.
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