For complicated reasons, Lin and I decided to visit her family in China just 10 days before our flight. The only person in her family who knew we were coming was her sister and best friend, Ping. I completely blew the reunion photo of Lin and Ping, but you get the idea. (note to self: don’t shoot a seven year reunion photo on a rangefinder with a 1.4 lens)

From there, we ate lunch at a shopping mall and then surprised Ping with a stocking full of random American snacks, knickknacks and beauty products (this is a tradition anytime we visit China).

Shortly after that, we headed to the restaurant to surprise the rest of her family. We pulled it off. I still can’t believe it had been seven years…but that’s a whole other post I’ll save for the future. Please God never let that happen again.

The next day, Ping, Lin and I explored Jing’an Temple and rode bikes around the city. The images below pretty much sum it up. Theres even a photo of me in there ;) LOTS more photos from this trip coming soon.