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✈️ Beijing Daxing Airport Welcomes You — And Sends You Off in Style An airport is supposed to get you from one place to another. Then Dad arrived at Beijing Daxing International Airport (北京大兴国际机场, Běijīng Dàxīng Guójì Jīchǎng). Okay. THIS DOESN’T LOOK LIKE AN ORDINARY AIRPORT. 😂 Look at those lines. Look at the reflections. Look at the space. And we hadn’t even properly started exploring yet. EVEN THE JOURNEY INTO THE...

☕ Why Is Everyone Taking Photos of Their Coffee in Qianmen? 北京 Beijing (北京, Běijīng). A city Dad can walk through again and again… and still notice something new. This time: QIANMEN. 📍 QIANMEN (前门, Qiánmén) Starbucks. Qianmen. Old Beijing behind it. ☕📸 Dad took the photo. Then kept walking. And noticed something curious. WAIT… WHY IS EVERYONE TAKING PHOTOS OF THEIR COFFEE? 😂 Cup up. Phone out. 📱☕ Photo. Dad saw...

Dad & Elaine were coming back from Shanxi. After about 2½ hours on the high-speed train from Taiyuan (太原, Tàiyuán)… Beijing. Back in Beijing. We stepped off at Beijing Fengtai Railway Station (北京丰台站, Běijīng Fēngtái Zhàn). Shanxi behind us. Beijing ahead. Next? DiDi. Waiting for Our Ride. [PHOTO While we waited… Dad had company. Meet Cheers — ChinaTravelBUG‘s traveling mascot. And his new Beijing friend… Beijing Panda. Naturally, Dad made the boys...

Beijing was changing colour. Dad could see it. On the trees. On the ground. And everywhere people were pointing their cameras. So… come with Dad. 🍂 First, the Little Train 开往香山. To Fragrant Hills. That sounded promising. And here it came. Not the subway. Not a high-speed train. A little train heading towards the hills. GO. Dad Looked Down Yellow. Orange. Brown. Dad stopped. Click. Autumn under Dad’s feet. Then Dad Looked...

You come to Beijing expecting palaces. Red walls. Ancient roofs. History. Dad noticed something else. Look Through the Leaves There they were. Colour against that long red wall. Dad stopped. Click. And kept walking. Then Dad Saw This A little girl. All dressed up. Posing beside the water. And not one… but two photographers. 😂 Click. Dad began noticing these photo moments everywhere. And Then Elaine Met One Later… Elaine needed directions....

Dad was looking through his old Beijing photographs. And there they were. The doors Dad had stopped for. The windows. The old walls. The little things that made Dad raise his camera while wandering Beijing’s hutongs (胡同, hútòng). Looking at them again, Dad could almost walk those lanes once more. So… Come walk with Dad. Slowly. First, the doors. Red against grey. Two little guardians. Dad stopped. Click. And walked on. A...