July 17th, 2010. I took a flight from Frankfurt to Beijing.
My mind was full of expectation, I could not imagine what I was going to find in that place, China.
I picked up my luggage and walked out the arrivals gate. I was 20 years old, excited, nervous, doubtful and wondering if someone was going to pick me up. Yes, they were there. Alejandro (my boss who later in life would be one of my best friends) and Andres (my internship mate who weeks later became a great friend) were waving and smiling.
The smell is what I remember very clear. It was garlic, tea, summer and people. While walking to the parking lot, I did not know I was making the first steps towards a place that would change my life completely.
Three days later, I started my internship at the Colombian Embassy in Beijing. I met four people who are like family today and the journey to discover myself started that day.
What happened between 2011 and December 2019 is to be told in different stories here.
David Perez 