Niamh and her Chinese boyfriend Wu Chen finally got a to have moment alone together. Between her intensive Mandarin course schedule and his 90 hour per week unpaid internship, they barely saw each other.

She had only a month left before she had to fly back to Ireland. The thought of it stressed her out immensely.

A brief trip to a lovely, quiet water town outside of Shanghai was what they needed.

She looked up and realized there was a row of three dozen Chinese tourists, freshly squeezed from a tour bus parked across the canal, enthusiastically taking photos of her and her boyfriend. Flashbulbs popping like firecrackers.

Sometimes she just felt so tired.

Awesome Irish Mop photo courtesy of Selly, as usual. Go raibh maith agat.