A whirlwind of a day began with our first lie in...(until 8am!) We had our last breakfast of egg fried rice and watermelon before a quick shopping trip and packing our cases. We were picked up by the fabulous Mr Zhou who has been our driver all week, Miss Ding and the lovely heather, our translator. They took us to Pizza Hut for lunch where we also met some of the other lovely ladies from the Bureau who we got know this week. Sophia's mum popped in to thank us for looking after Sophia so well when she was in England and gave us a gift to bring back for Tierney who hosted her!

After lunch we headed over to the train station and said Tai Jian to our Qingdao buddies. They made us feel so welcome and so special we can't thank them enough. Once they were happy we were in our seats with bags stowed, they waved a final farewell. We have started our journey home. Love to all x