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January 5 2024

USYF France Trip 2023

On Christmas Day in 2023, we embarked on the USYF International trip to France. For Sommer, it was a rewarding futsal learning journey. Being in the company of 8 outstanding teammates, we underwent several days of …

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June 14 2018

The Arctic Circle

The Arctic Circle on the Russian side, we were about to cross the international date line when taking this picture. We departed from Beijing Airport at 9am, June 15th, arrived at Newark at 10 am, June …

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June 14 2018

Museum of Natural History & Temple of Heaven

China’s first large–scale museum of natural history, the Beijing Museum of Natural History, was opened in 1962. Today this very popular museum owns more than 200,000 …

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June 11 2018

Sichuan University & Kuanzhai Alley

Sichuan University where I spent my four-year college life, city center and the Kuanzhai Alley (Another ancient pedestrian alleys system)

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June 10 2018

Wuhou Temple & Jinli Ancient Street

The Wuhou Temple, also known as Memorial Temple of Marquis Wu, is dedicated to Zhuge Liang, the Marquis Wu of Kingdom of Shu in the Three Kingdoms Period …

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June 9 2018

Dujiangyan & Jiezi Ancient Town

We visited Dujiangyan, the 2200-year-old Chinese irrigation system that is still used today. When I was in daycare, my parents often brought me here for picnic in weekend. The Jiezi Ancient Town, this 1000-year-old …

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June 8 2018

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

The giant panda is native to south central China, most of their sanctuaries are located in Sichuan province, so Sichuan is kind of the hometown of panda and me 😆. We went to the Chengdu Research Base …

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June 6 2018

Daddy’s Hometown

For this moment, I’ve been waiting for 14 years! Hometown, sweet hometown. According to the 2017 survey of China’s happiest cities, without much controversy, Chengdu ranks No. 1. Chengdu, a city once you come and never want to leave.

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June 5 2018

Beijing Roast Duck and Birthday!

My cousin is going to take the National Higher Education Entrance Examination next week (the annual exam for college entrance), we had a family dinner today to cheer him up. My uncle chose a roast duck …

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June 2 2018

Honor the Flag, Honor the Sacrifice

In this video you’ll see Sommer and Sydnie honoring and saluting the national flag and the Monument to the People’s Heroes, and our visit to the Zhongshan Park (former imperial altar), the Tian’anmen square and Dashilar

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May 29 2018

Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace

Also known as the Ruins of the Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace is located northwest of Beijing and to the east of the present-day Summer Palace. The Garden was first constructed in the year of 1709 during the reign

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May 28 2018

Shichahai, Beihai, Jingshan Park & Ming Hutong in Only Half Day

The video below introduces a highly effective travel route that allows you to visit pretty much all must-sees (Shichahai, Beihai, Jingshan Park and Ming Hutong) in half day.

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May 26 2018

Tian’anmen Square & National Museum

Tian’anmen Square, Zhengyangmen (“mén” means gate in Chinese, this gate is the front gate in Beijing’s historic city wall) and Dashilar (city center during Ming and Qing Dynasty). National Museum of China, one of the …

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May 23 2018

The Summer Palace

The Summer Palace, the emperor’s private garden during Qing dynasty. I arrived very early this morning before the tourist groups came. So this is my private garden.

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May 22 2018

The Military Museum & China Millennium Monument

The China Millennium Monument, there is a bronze thoroughfare which is a 274-meter (300-yard) long road built of bronze. The thoroughfare is inscribed with about 180,000 words recording the important historical events and a …

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May 19 2018

Museum of the Art of War

Probably many of you have heard the book “The Art of War”, by Sun Tzu, which is 2500 years old, but it’s still one of the most widely read books on strategy and leadership in the world.

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May 18 2018

Mom’s Hometown

I have to admit that I was shocked today. I came to this small town, my wife’s hometown, 10 years ago, and it was like a pure rural area, there was even no traffic light at the intersection, it was identified as a poverty town by the government.

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May 17 2018

Beijing Planetarium

Beijing Planetarium comprises two main buildings, Building A & B. Building A, which was built in 1957, contains the Celestial Theater, an Eastern Exhibition Hall and a Western Exhibition Hall. It was the first large-scale planetarium in China.

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May 16 2018

Jingtai Tomb

Jingtai Emperor, the 7th emperor (reigned 1449–1457) of the Ming dynasty. He ascended to the throne after his brother, the Zhengtong emperor, was captured while leading the imperial forces against the Oryat (western Mongol) leader Esen Taiji in 1449.

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May 15 2018

Old Beijing Snacks

My favorite Beijing snack! The mung bean milk, which is a fermented dish from Beijing cuisine. It is similar to soy milk but made from mung beans. It is a by-product of cellophane noodle production.

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May 14 2018

The Great Wall

The Great Wall is a must if you travel to China, several parts of the walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC, the most famous part was built in 220–206 BC by Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China.

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May 13 2018

First a few days

This is a traditional dinning in China, people sitting around a round table with a Lazy Susan turntable in the middle, dishes are shared communally. Today my father’s side of the family came to visit us, four generations in one house …

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May 9 2018

Home, sweet home

Ready for the 13-hour flight The North Pole, Arctic Ocean from 30000ft above Sommer, Sydnie and great grandma

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April 25 2018

Beijing, here we come!

We are so looking forward to the upcoming trip back to China, this is our 2nd time visiting, we’ll capture every moment we want to share with videos.

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August 7 2016

小大小二的水世界

春悄悄地褪去,太阳奏响了夏日的序曲,火热是夏天的主题,人类汗流浃背,动物们气喘吁吁,植物在土壤里吮吸着水份,热得挥汗如雨,热得酣畅淋漓,天地间犹如桑拿房,热得自然洒脱。

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December 17 2015

添乱的小义工 老餐厅和无节操的女招待 – 田纳西之行第二日

一大清早,小大小二趁太阳公公刚刚睁开眼睛就开始在酒店的大床上蹦来蹦去,搅得爸爸妈妈无法休息早早地起床了。我们来到酒店的餐厅吃早餐,早餐是自助形式的,而餐厅的圣诞装饰让人心里暖暖的。

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December 15 2015

美国家庭中的温馨圣诞聚会 – 田纳西之行第一日

受朋友的邀请,小大小二跟着爸爸妈妈在上一个周末进行了一个为期三天的长途旅行。一路经乔治亚州、南卡罗莱纳州和北卡罗来纳州,翻过阿帕拉契亚山脉,来到了美国乡村民谣之乡的田纳西州。

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April 13 2015

Puerto Rico

这是我第二次来波多黎各度假,根据3年前的经验和总结,再经过新的一轮波多黎各游调查,制定了这一次的6日游的计划。来之前我就打算把整个旅游过程详细拍摄下来制作成视频今后有兴趣来玩的朋友们有一个视觉上的认识

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January 9 2015

2014圣诞之旅(Day4) – 美国最古老的城市圣奥古斯丁(St.Augustine)

圣诞假期的最后一天,我们沿着风景如画的佛罗里达海岸线北上,路过了美国最古老的城市圣奥古斯丁(St.Augustine),这个城市有几处必玩的景点,比如Flagler College,Historical Area(乔治街)…

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January 9 2015

2014圣诞之旅(Day3) – 令人震撼的肯尼迪航天中心

如果作为一个科技迷来佛罗里达旅游时间紧的话,你可以不去迈阿密,也可以不去奥兰多,更可以不去Key West,但位于卡纳维拉尔角的肯尼迪航天中心绝对是给你带来视觉震撼之享受的地方。

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January 7 2015

2014圣诞之旅(Day2) – 奥兰多迪斯尼乐园游记(Magic Kingdom)

之前在网上搜了很多游记,这一次本来也打算写一个详细的,但后来觉得再怎么描述也赶不上人家费半天劲写的详细,不如把视频收集编辑一下给大家一个视觉上的直观感受。

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January 7 2015

2014圣诞之旅(Day1) – 奥兰多海洋世界(Seaworld)游记

今天整理了一下2014年圣诞去奥兰多海洋世界玩的视频游记,谢谢个人体会,希望对今后有意前往的朋友有一个视觉上的直观认识。

不想写太多,想说的都在视频里,主要是把全程游记以及几个动物表演的视频展示一下

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