London, I don’t miss you.

I don't long for the streets I know inside-out, I don't miss all these rainy days when you were treating me like shit, making me fall off my bike and scratch my arms. But I do miss what you offer: gourmet coffee in Soho, relative freedom and cultural melting pot, and most importantly, my own places in your bewildering labyrinth of streets, roads, lanes and courtyards.
We've been having this long-lasting, love-&-hate relationship that I can't take anymore sometimes . My days in Beijing are coming to an end a vision of seeing you makes me... worried? Whenever I fling back into your arms, you are taken aback and need extra time to get use to me again.

All right, let's cut this poetic crap. I've got three weeks left, 7 lessons to go with my students and many sights to explore. Beijing has a lot to offer, including numerous museums (e.g.bizarre-sounding Beijing Museum of Tap Water), evergreen parks, temples and, of course, kilometers of hutongs. 

I wouldn't say I look forward to going back to London, however my cat is there (♥), my good ol' company and courier fam', even though I am of the opinion that most of the contacts I've made through couriering is rather shallow and irrelevant. Still, I made few friends who remember about me staying overseas. I value that, thanks guys.

While being here, I often consider moving back to Prague, my beloved, one of a kind mother of cities. At the moment I keep saying I will come back there next spring, but didn't I committed myself to take this step  two years ago, in Japan? I did, and then next year I landed in Indonesia, and now I am in Asia again and singing exactly same mantra. 

We shall see. For now thou, I should make the best use of my time in Beijing, then embark on the plane on 31st of May and calmly await to re-embrace London.

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