Tom Bromly (郭宇桐)

Work @FCDOGovUK 🇬🇧 🏳‍🌈 now living in Beijing 🇨🇳 Forever learning Mandarin. Always a Geordie 🖤 🤍 3+ years alcohol free 🙌 Own views💁‍♂

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

After a few false starts…the day has finally arrived, i’m off to Beijing!! ✈️ 🇨🇳

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

First time skiing in China (one hour on train from Beijing!) 🇨🇳 not a bad way to spend my first Christmas Day away from family ⛷️❄️

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

The star of the show at the Ambassador’s Residence this evening 🐈‍⬛ 🌟

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

Time to head up to Newcastle! First time back since I moved to China…nearly two years ago! 🍂

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

A slice of Mexico in Beijing - great to attend the celebration of Mexican independence this evening 🇲🇽 🇨🇳

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

Jet lag got me up at 5am to explore Madrid - really nice to see all the sights without people….and to pretend I’m an early morning person!

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

@sanverde @chris__pc Teshikaga Ramen, Sapporo

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

A street dedicated just to ramen 🍜 love it !! 🤤

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

Exactly three years since I stopped drinking and I find myself in a beer factory in Sapporo, Japan 🇯🇵…but drinking 0% alcohol free beer of course! Cheers 🍻

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

Move over bullet train…this is what it’s all about. A single carriage train in rural Hokkaido on the way to Furano to see the flower fields 🌺

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

Arrived in Tokyo and stumbled across two Geordies here to watch the Newcastle United match ! Howay the lads !

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

Ok so I did that AI thing which tells you what your twitter content is like. I think it got it just about right - scarily accurate. that’s me told ! 😂 😂

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

Same place…4 years apart…really happy to be back at our Consulate General in Shanghai! (I came here in 2020 on my first ever overseas trip with the FCDO and realised then that I wanted to work in China!) 🇨🇳 🇬🇧

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

I made it ! That view 🤯 #shanghai

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

On my way to Shanghai for some work meetings. On the high speed 高铁 train and we’ve already hit 345 km/hour !💨 🚆

[David Lammy @DavidLammy]

Change begins now.

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

Very fun evening at the USA 🇺🇸 Embassy in Beijing to celebrate Independence Day 🥂 🎉

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

Sunday eve in the Hutongs 💫

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

Watching Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet. Excellent way to end the weekend!

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

The Filipinos really know how to throw a party. Loved attending Philippines 🇵🇭 national day celebration in Beijing this evening!

[Tom Bromly (郭宇桐) @tombromly]

Lovely evening celebrating my first ever King’s Birthday Party here in Beijing! 🤴 🇬🇧 🇨🇳