Over the past week, we travelled to Kunming to visit friends and my Chinese sister, Eve. After a 3 hour ride to Kunming, packed tight with 4 people in a standard car’s back seat, we made it to Green Lake View Hotel. Green Lake is a great area for foreigners to see a beautiful part of the city, find great shopping streets, and eat amazing food. Western restaurants, pubs, and Starbucks abound so we spent two days indulging.

Yep, I’m that girl that thinks Starbucks feels like home. After an afternoon (or three) working in the local Starbucks, I am fueled up and ready to be without western food and espresso for another couple of months.

First stop, Papa Johns for a pizza… Pizza here is non-existant or at least missing any semblance of tomato sauce. Although I’m not really a nut for pizza at home, after a month without, any western food tastes like heaven.

There was no time to take an actual picture of our food…

After wandering the packed streets (this past week was Chinese National Day & half of China seems to travel) we finally met up with our friend and James’ Chinese brother, Dan for some catching up. After an hour of trying to walk through the city to find a place to shop for a sweater for the lady and a place to sit and talk, we finally found it…

The corner of the city that feels like home… Starbucks & H&M

Treating our friends to frappuccinos & catching up in the beautiful fall weather. This week has been a whirlwind of traveling and renewed friendships. More to come from our incredible visit to Mengzi & visiting our future adopted cousin soon…

Now to sleep & let my mind open up again. Writing in complete sentences feels like pulling teeth right now.