WORST GOODBYE EVER!

So I was just in Guilin for the past 4 days. No. It/s a lie. I mean, in LiuZhou and Yangshao, (I was in Guilin for 2 hours - had to change buses), to visit a long time friend. Wait wrong again. No. A friend I knew for a couple weeks last year but we just clicked; you know the 'potential boyfriend / girlfriend' click. Chemistry right? Yeah. So Alice if your reading this, don't tell Alice. Anyways its just a way to describe a friendship :). Back to the story. Yes. And Guilin is a beautiful place, lots of mountains... well not mountains more like hills, but exotic hills or even better oriental hills. Onces that make you think your the only foreigner for miles. Wait.. I was. So yeah had a great time then came the good bye. Came back to Liuzhou (the city my friend lives in right?) she came back a day earlier, when I come to her place as she is in a rush to pack, since my friend has to go to Shang Hai this saturday. So I realized that I probably don't want to take up anymore of her time since she is also visiting her parents. So after figuring out which bus to take to the train station so I can take a 15 hour ride back to Kunming, her father, she and I walk to the bus station so I can take a bus to the train station. Well as we approach the bus station, the bus just arrives at the stop. Worst possible time to say a proper goodbye. In a rush I shake her fathers hand and thank him for his hospitality... then I shake my friends hand and say.... *sigh*... "Nice to meet you".... She in typical chinese and proper english protocol said "Nice to meet you too" with a slightly confused look, but hey! Who the heck says "Nice to meet you?"

I'll tell you who, the chinese children in elementary school in their English Class, and that's all I could come up with. So endearing.... the banality of my life. I've been saying that to students all year now - so be prepared if my english has gone down a notch coming back.

Nice to meet you too!