This year, for the first time (as far as I remember at least), the Rotary Club of Beijing organized its annual Christmas Bazaar in the Kempinski Hotel, Saturday and Sunday 24 and 25 November. All tables were sold out, not a small feat because there are so many competing bazaars at that time of the year.
I took care of our Rotaracters (or maybe they took care of me?), they were a great help to assist in a number of tasks and especially being in charge of the garage sales. I was there for the two full days, a bit tiring but a great experience. I think financial results were the best ever. It was overall a lot of team work and many Rotarians and volunteers contributed to make this a success. So, I prefer not to mention any names. Great many thanks to all and I feel very proud and lucky to work with our Rotaract Club.
It was mostly full house and as soon the Bazaar was open in the morning, people rushed in. I think we had something like close to 3,000 visitors. Many families brought their kids. Several choirs came to sing and attracted a lot of attention. There was also a special and separate kids corner.
As usual I ended up buying more than I planned and getting home with that all on my little bike was a real adventure (still don’t know how I managed!).
I hope all vendors were satisfied and will return next year.
Here some of the hundreds of pictures we took, we being Mena, our professional photographer Mr. Zhang, and myself. I made my personal choice…