While Alice was in Kunming, she noticed street vendors with buckets of roses that were cheap-- REALLY cheap ($1.50 for a dozen roses).
Knowing that I absolutely LOVE flowers, she wished she could bring some home,
but with a plane flight, that might not work so well.
At the airport the prices were just a bit higher ($3 for 20 roses) and the vendor packaged the roses in a box so they could go as checked luggage.
(Thank you Air China for allowing more than one checked bag.)
After the flight when it came time to pick up the luggage in Beijing, there came the roses' box on the carousel. The box was crushed and broken (we all know how luggage-handlers treat "fragile" things) but the roses looked fine--they made it! TWO bunches, yellow and pink.
It was like Mother's day all over.
Thank you Alice!!
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