I found my homeland

#2024wish Going to China last October was my trip of a lifetime for three reasons: *-* my homestay teacher for the Chinese language course became my older sister, who also taught me guqin, Baduanjin, took me to the dentist and hairdresser, and is still my teacher via WeChat lessons; *-* for the first time I could visit the land of my ancestors after learning Chinese for three years at uni, and I did it alone, without any tours; *-* I bought a beautiful violin from a Luthier in Suzhou, and got it back to Australia safely in a violin case I remodelled to fit in the airplane cabin rack! Even though it is a backup violin, it is beautiful and brilliant in sound. The crack "Chinese-made junk" couldn't be more wrong.