Was it worth the money, worry (visas and China health things) and effort? It did cost a lot, even with the kind and generous support from my family.The worry about Miao's visa, getting rejected the first time, and then waiting for the result of the second application, was not pleasant. Worrying about getting quarantined coming through the temperature checks at Beijing Airport, then the potential of having to do it again going into the train station to get home to Dalian wasn't nice. Weighing that against not having seen my family for 18 months, and with the deteriorating health of my aging grand parents, of which I still have all four, it needed to be done. It also gave me a welcome break from China. A nice reminder of what it's like being back home, and some perspective about how expensive things are in the UK compared with China. So definitely yes, worth the money, time and effort.
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