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Today I would like to take you back to a very special trip I made in 2009.
I made this trip with my family and unfortunately without Luuk. Its still a part of my life story though and that’s why I wanted to share it with you!
Every year on my parents wedding anniversary we have this tradition of making a small city trip to celebrate. We went to different cities like Brussels and Gent (BE) But in 2009 they wanted something different. They had been saving money to surprise us with a big trip! They had been married for 25 years that year and wanted to share that with us in a very special way!
My Aunt and Uncle had lived in Beijing for several years, so my parents visited them twice before. They were so impressed by China with its culture and traditions that they couldn’t wait to show this to us. So China it was! I was sooo exited!
China here we come!
And there we go! Our first stop was Shanghai. Almost 24H later we arrived in this huge city. I couldn’t believe my eyes when we stepped out of the airport. The first thing that comes to mind is: WOW, unfortunately the second thing is: Why is it so cloudy? The smog was so heavy! I really was a bit shocked about how bad it was but strangely enough you will get used to this aswell.
We spent about a week in Shanghai and we still hadn't seen more than maybe a quarter of the city. But it was awesome. As I believe it also was a Chinese holiday season. So there were many Chinese tourist that came from the countryside to visit Shanghai. I'm guessing that these people had never seen Europeans before. So we, a dark headed man, a tall blonde woman, me, my sisters and my brother who looked like Justin Bieber in that time, we’re treated like we we’re a group of celebrity’s. Of course that’s fun for a couple of hours but believe me, you don’t want to be photographed like all the time.
In 2017 they estimated the population of Shanghai on 31 million people!
After a week it was time to move on and we went to Beijing. We had this funny domestic flight with games and lotteries, all in Chinese of course so we never found out if we maybe had won something. We stayed in Beijing for an another week. There is just so much to see! In one week we visited the great wall, the forbidden city, visited a Hutong and went seeing panda’s. The food is delicious btw (Even when you don’t have a clue of what you are eating…)
The Beijing Hutongs (old lanes) have a very special place in the rich history and culture of Beijing.
In 2008 the Olympics were held in Beijing. So we decided to visit the Olympic village. What a great idea was that! The stadiums are absolutely impressive! And China wouldn’t be China if you couldn’t buy some fake Olympic medals on every street corner :)
Looking back on this trip it was amazing but exhausting as well. There is so much to see and your brain really needs some time to process all these impressions. The trip is almost 8 years ago but every once in a while I get this flashback and experienced it all over again.
Make sure you take photos and maybe write a journal going on these big trips!
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Surely neither 2, nor 20 weeks is enough to get to know well at least a couple of China's cities in a trip haha! I hope you enjoyed your 2 weeks of Chinese fame as well 😅 Great shots!
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