Where Curiosity Took Us: Dad and Elaine were walking through Xi’an Xianyang International Airport when we spotted a row of strange white boxes marked “RELAXATION.” We didn’t sleep in one — but naturally, we had to find out what was inside. Airports are full of things designed to make you keep moving. Check-in. Security. Gate. Board. Go. But while Dad and Elaine were passing through Xi’an Xianyang International Airport (西安咸阳国际机场, Xī’ān Xiányáng...
Traditional Beijing hutong doors: A repairman working outside a courtyard house made Dad stop and look more closely at the stone carvings, door knockers and lucky symbols around these old entrances. We were walking through one of Beijing’s hutongs (胡同, hútòng) when something very ordinary made Dad stop. A repairman was working at the front of a house. There was no famous attraction here. No entrance ticket. No tour guide explaining what...
FOLLOW OUR STORIES → WHERE CURIOSITY TOOK US Sometimes you don’t know which travel souvenir will matter until many years later. When Elaine was eight years old, Dad took her to China for the first time. It was 2013. Beijing (北京, Běijīng) was our family’s starting point. Like many family trips, we came home with souvenirs. Some were probably forgotten. One wasn’t. It was a little set of cards: 中国历代帝王 (Zhōngguó Lìdài...
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