Back in England, and missing Yantai :(

[uk_vette]

Well, here I am for a short while in my home country England.
I arrived on Saturday, and it is Wednesday, and I have had enough of this place, after just 4 days.
I don't feel happy, I don't feel I even want to be here, your my friends and you are all in China.

I have been in Korea for a seven weeks, with work, which I feel is a miserable place, I am sorry if there are any Korean people reading, but the Chinese welcome is far superior.

Yantai, a place I feel welcomed, wanted, and invited, a place I could live, (met a nice girl) and a place for a family, yes, I could very easily live in Yantai.

At the end of my 'work period' in Korea, I was due to go to Yantai for a few weeks,for my 'vacation' but one thing lead to another, and I HAD to go to England first.
By order of the company, go home first, do not stop in Yantai, do not even think about getting off the plane.
So I am back here in England.
I have been home for a few days, totally unhappy, but I am about to finally get to Yantai. To the warm welcome I get, from many friends.
yes, I look forward to returning to Yantai, even though it is cold and snowy, there is always the warmth of the people.
The smile from strangers, the 'hello' from people you never met before, people I don't even know, just passing along the side walks, or the shopping malls, or RT Mart.
This my dear friends, is what I feel sets Yantai so far apart from my home county, and many other places.
You know how to make foreigners feel at home, and relaxed.
I don't expect this post will make much sense to most, on here but there are a few people who know me, and will know just how much I like Yantai.
So my Chinese Yantai friends, feel honoured, feel privileged, that you are Chinese, feel happy you are from, or live in Yantai, because one day, I would also like to be part of Yantai, and live here also.

'vette

[DanaO(∩_∩)O~]

I'm deeply moved by your post. I feel happy and proud that you like China and Chinese so much. Yes, we Chinese are hospitable, and China is a state of ceremonies. Althougt we are not as developed as the super power, we are more harmonious, we welcome friends from any country.

Hope you enjoy youreslf anywhere you go. Please remember, wherever you go, China, or Yantai, is your home!

[Lucas]

we are already part of Yantai! Yantai is a wonderful place, nice people, nice view, hope you can come back and stay here. cheers!

[uk_vette]

Dana and Lucas,

Thank you for your very warm words.

Yantai is a special place, and special because of the people.
Kindness abounds.
I have since returned from UK, but instead of coming back to China, I was asked to do some work in South Korea.
Not to bad, ( not good ) but still quite close China or Yantai.

However, I can get to my favourite places with relative ease now.
It is a short flight from Busan to Seoul, then a short flight from Seoul to Yantai.

Since I have been back ''in the area'' so so to speak, I will visit many places in China, starting in the Shandong Province.
One of my 'top of the list' is to visit and climb Mount Tai.
A little cold just at the moment, so perhaps end of April or may month, before it gets to hot.

'vette

[DanaO(∩_∩)O~]

Haha,Welcome to Yantai, or China,anytime!

[uk_vette]

Dana, you are so nice.
This is why I really like to keep return to China, and esp. Yantai.

The nice warm welcom every time.

'vette

(Don't forget we will climb the Mt Tai together )

[DanaO(∩_∩)O~]

Good luck!