I watched the tour group move ahead without me with a small grin. I did not want to appear even more out of place on the streets of Beijing with an ever-growing smile on my face so I attempted to get it under control. Something had happened moments earlier; a step; a place in time on the foreign streets of China that had altered me to this new world.
My eyes fell on a small man making his way through the crowd. At least I thought so, it was hard to tell if the crowd was parting for him intentionally, or if he was merely adept at this street-going practice.