Doris Rinell in China 2011

Return of Doris Rinell to China after 60 years - together with her daughter Meilynn Smith and son Carey Holmquist.
  • image001 Brides getting pre-wedding below our hotel
  • image002 Hotel staff (cute)
  • image003 Mom's (Doris Rinell) girl friend's (who died 4 yrs ago) sister, husband and Oscar Rinell's cook's daughter, Tsingtao (Qingdao), China
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  • image007 Meilynn Smith and Doris Rinell at jetty, Tsingtao, China
  • image008 Carey Holmquist, Doris Rinell, and Meilynn Smith in Tsingtao, China
  • image009 Walking to the end of the jetty, Tsingtao, China
  • image010 Tsingtao jetty with buidling designed by a family friend, Tsingtao, China
  • image011 Doris Rinell at temple, Tsingtao, China
  • image012 Temple basin, Tsingtao, China
  • image013 Shopping for paper cutouts
  • image014 The cheaper taxi
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  • image016 Cemetery where Johan Alfred Rinell was/is buried - now a public park - in Tsingtao, China
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  • image018 Younger brother Faug (right), gov. Church pastor (center), Doris Rinell (left) and others
  • image019 Older Faug, younger Faug's daughter (man to left) father was the first pastor in Jiaozhou (Kiaohsien)
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  • image021 Mom (Doris Rinell) entering the kitchen of her home in Kiaohsien, China after 60 years
  • image022 Mom's (Doris Rinell) in the dining room of her home, Kiaohsien, China
  • image023 Doris Rinell showing the cabinet that remains in her home since her childhood, Kiaohsien, China
  • image024 Mom's (Doris Rinell) bed room, Kiaohsien, China
  • image025 Balcony of family home in Kiaohsien, China, where Doris Rinell saw a pilot dipping his wings, signalling to them the end of the war with Japan
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  • image027 Staircase in Doris Rinell's home in Kiaohsien, China
  • image028 Front door steps and entry way of Doris Rinell's home in Kiaohsien - looked much different in the old days
  • image029 House chores - again after 60 years, Kiaohsien, China
  • image030 The rock in the Rinell family's front yard garden, Kiaohsien, China
  • image031 Doris Rinell in front of her childhood home, Kioahsien, China
  • image032 Young Faug getting a good photo
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  • image034 No need for diapers
  • image035 The girls school of the Swedish Baptist mission, a block away from Doris Rinell's home, Kiaohsien, China
  • image036 Another jiaozi (giao-tze) feast