It has always been in my mind to find time to visit Qingdao and enjoy its charm. This long November vacation, finally decided to partner with friends, together to Qingdao travel. To Qingdao, we plan to see the mountains, see the sea, see the history and culture, arranged a three-day trip: the first day to see the sea, chose the Qingdao coastal one-day classic route; the second day to see the culture, experience Qingdao's folklore; the third day to prepare to climb the Laoshan, the famous Taoist mountains in this seaside Taoist culture, viewing the mountains and the sea of the beauty of each other. Hotel booked near the train station in Qingdao love sea business hotel, not bad, the service is quite good, the bed is also very comfortable. Today is the first day of our Qingdao trip, in Qingdao coastal line played all day, although a little tired, but the whole journey happy comfortable, harvest a lot.
Because of the excitement of playing, we got up early in the morning, freshened up, ate breakfast, and set off with our cameras and a few belongings. It's very close to Qingdao's iconic building, the Trestle Bridge, so the first stop on our Qingdao tour was the Trestle Bridge. Maybe because it is relatively early, not many tourists, there are some island city residents in the morning exercise, the air on the beach is very fresh, the morning breeze from the sea blowing over, with the sea moist air on the cheeks, feel very comfortable, Trestle Bridge on one side of a large area of reefs, I heard that in spring and summer there will be a lot of gulls flying in the air here, pouncing on tourists thrown in the air, very spectacular; the other side of the large sandy beaches, it should be the The sixth sea water bathing beach, the waves of the sea layer by layer, white waves disappeared in the scattered morning light on the beach, the sea water of a surge of a fall, just like the sea of a breath, let a person can not help but to touch.
My friend and I were excited to take photos of the scenery everywhere, running to the very end of the trestle bridge, next to the "Hualan Pavilion" to look at the small Qingdao not far away, "a small green island floating in the sea" - from this side of the trestle bridge to see the small Qingdao. -The view of Little Qingdao from the trestle bridge reminds us of Liu Yuxi's line "Looking at the blue waters of the Dongting Mountains, a green snail in a white jade disk". Qingdao Naval Museum is surrounded by the trestle bridge and Little Qingdao. From the trestle bridge, you can see the warships in the bay from a distance, but if you want to see the warships and Little Qingdao in action, you should be able to get there in no time by walking east from the trestle bridge and looking at the sea. My friends and I weren't very interested in the warships, so we decided to go north from the bridge to the Catholic Church near Zhongshan Road to get a taste of the Western architecture.
From the trestle bridge along Zhongshan Road all the way "north", along the road you can see a lot of preserved European-style buildings, but also a lot of seafood specialties and handicrafts of the special stores, randomly find a drill in, will be in a wide range of handicrafts or seafood specialties in the sea, let a person surprised, overwhelmed, in here! Buy some souvenirs or small gifts for your family and friends, you will always find your favorite things, I shopped with my friends along the road three or two such small stores, in the surprise again and again, each picked a few exquisite small crafts. Along Zhongshan Road has been north, after the "Parkson Shopping Center", from the Qufu Road to the right, and has been forward, we found the Catholic Church on Zhejiang Road, in Qingdao City, next to the South Traffic Police Brigade, a very eye-catching European-style building. First into the eye is the church door above the huge rose window and both sides of the two bell towers, the tip of the tower covered with red tiles, erected crosses, imposing huge, simple and elegant; into the church, is a spacious and bright hall, colorful glass windows reflecting soft light, there are a lot of details worth looking at, in which, friends are coincidentally thought of "! Romantic", "elegant", "brilliant" and so on, we seemed to forget that we were in Qingdao for a little while.
From the Catholic Church, with a head full of Western European style, take the 221 air-conditioned bus, along the way to see a lot of German-style buildings, there are Lutheran apartments in the old site of the Reichstag, the old site of the Imperial Court, the old site of the Navy Battalion, and the Church of Christ, Jiangsu Road, less than ten minutes of driving, in the "Qingdao Medical Hospital" stop off the bus, and walk for two or three minutes, we have to walk, and we will be able to get out of the car, and then we can go back to the bus. In less than ten minutes, we got off the bus at the Qingdao Medical Hospital stop and walked for two or three minutes to the Qingdao German Governor's Palace (Welcome Hotel). "What a big European-style villa", my friend exclaimed when we saw the Governor's Mansion. From the outside, I felt that it was like an exquisite and chic royal villa, although it did not have the huge momentum of the Catholic Church, but it had its unique elegance. Into the welcome hotel inside, everywhere can feel the home, the breath of life, feel the designer's ingenuity, inside the display of many historical significance of the furnishings, carrying the history and memory. Here, too, friends only remember to photograph these histories and memories.
Tour of the European-style architecture, according to the original schedule, we took a taxi to Qingdao's first sea water bathing beach - Huiquan Bay Beach, when the sun has risen high, the sunshine sprinkled on the surface of the sea, far away from the sea sparkling, the beach has been warmed by the sun. There are a lot of tourists here, playing their own games in twos and threes. My friends and I took off the shoes and socks wrapped around our feet and let our feet have the closest contact with the warm sand, which felt very comfortable. Because the sea water is relatively cool, so this time there is no sea bathing people, we all pulled up the trouser legs into the sea water, so that the sea water in the fingers and legs between the swim, and then "sea battle", POS, take pictures, not happy. Northeast of the bath is Huiquan Square, next to a Tiantai Stadium, I heard that many stars have held concerts here; here you can also see far away from the Zhongshan Park TV tower, this side of the Zhongshan Park is very close to the walk more than ten minutes to the look. Because we missed the cherry blossom season and couldn't enjoy the gorgeous and fragrant cherry blossom path, we dropped Zhongshan Park from our itinerary.
In the Huiquan bath to play to the fullest, will have an appetite, I and my friends in the South China Sea Road to find a called "Zuxiang soup noodles" restaurant, the environment is not bad, a lot of diners, the flavor is also relatively positive. Satisfied meal we will be along the South China Sea Road to the east, all the way to the next attraction in the itinerary - the eight passes. I checked on the internet that the best time to visit Badaguan is April and May when the flowers are in full bloom. But even though we missed the blooming season, we still felt the romantic and peaceful atmosphere of this place. This is a scenic spot suitable for strolling and watching, roads and scattered European-style villas hidden in the cool shade, everywhere is quietly growing flowers and trees, beautiful scenery are hidden in the smallest place. My friend said: this is a good place to take a walk after dinner, we walked around, strolling and taking pictures, capturing the most beautiful images in our hearts. We saw several pairs of couples taking wedding photos, holding each other's hands; there are also beautiful women taking photos, posing with youthful POS. walking along Ningwuguan Road in the direction of the sea, you can arrive at the second beach, where the beach is very clean, the sea water is very clear, the reefs are very flamboyant, not too many tourists, a lot of "Sina, Bride", and small merchants selling handicrafts, and the beach is also a good place to take photos. The beach is clean and the water is clear. I loved this place so much that I felt I had to take some memories back from here, and bought a small hand-woven bag, which was very chic.
Leaving Badaguan, we took the bus straight to Wusi Square, Wusi Square back facing the municipal government building, very strong light, the square has a wide view, very clean and tidy, red "May wind" sculpture is very eye-catching. The west side of the square has a handicraft specialty street, a "small store" tightly lined up together, forming a wide range of crafts street. Friends here and pulled out some small treasures, harvest is not small. At the end of the stroll, we heard singing from the Music Square, where many tourists gathered around to enjoy the songs of a street performer. In the Music Square has seen the "largest piano", we returned to the Wusi Square, along the beach, while taking pictures while strolling east, the waves hit the rocks on the shore, stirring up high waves, very beautiful; cobblestones in the soles of the feet laid into a beautiful pattern, in the foot of the interpretation of a different landscape.
Soon we arrived at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Base, just in front of Gate 1, many tourists are watching a very special bus, the bus shape is especially like a funny cartoon duck, big mouth and eyes are especially cute, some tourists with a yellow gas stick and duck whistle, very excited to board the bus. Some tourists were very excited to board the bus with yellow gas sticks and duck whistles. It was the first time for my friend and I to see such a big bus and we wanted to find out what it was all about, so we went to the ticket counter next to the bus. It turned out that this funny big bus is China's only land and water two up sightseeing bus - "Adventure Duck", the car and boat as one, not only can run on the road, but also able to swim in the sea, you can carry tourists to the sea to go on sightseeing tours, enjoy all the tourist attractions of Fushan Bay! . The attraction of this lovely big bus is really big, so many tourists are queuing up to buy tickets, and my friend and I definitely couldn't miss this opportunity and decided to experience an amphibious sightseeing journey together.
We bought tickets for the next trip, and the conductor gave us each a cute duck whistle and a cheer stick. Because there is still a long time before the ticket boarding "ship", we decided to go to the Olympic Sailing Center to stroll around, to the flag square took pictures, see the harbor has a lot of big and small, all kinds of yacht cruise, very spectacular. There is a couple is a search named "Shengshi Feiyang" on a large luxury yacht to take wedding photos, "bride and groom" on the upper deck of the yacht posed very noble and elegant POS, and the yacht's noble complement, very eye-catching. My friend said: "When I get married, I also want to come to Qingdao to take wedding photos, shoot romantic shade, tough reefs, open sea and expensive yachts, such a set of wedding photos, must be unique flavor, full of stories," I strongly agree with my friend's idea, Qingdao is a beautiful, romantic city. We saw in Fushan Bay smoothly swimming in the sea "adventure duck", stirred up a long wave of motorized speedboats, with the waves of the small sailboat ... ... A variety of sea entertainment programs "get together", very lively. We can't help the eagerness of the heart, want to experience the feeling of floating in the sea.
Back to the Adventure Duck ticket office soon, our "Adventure Duck" is back, get off the face of the tourists are full of excitement, the children are happy to blow the mouth of the "duck whistle", issued a variety of comical "duck call" sound. The children happily blew their "duck whistles" and made all kinds of funny "duck quacking" sounds. After checking the tickets, we boarded the boat, found our seats according to the seat number on the ticket, and put on our life jackets. The ship's narrator (self-proclaimed "duck head") is very humorous, the explanation is very humorous and very attractive, the car started, the modern us from Gate 1, along the Qingyuan Road, Macao Road around, catch the city along the way, "duck head" to us will be a safe! The "duck head" gave us the matters to pay attention to in terms of safety and the "adventure duck three treasures" - duck whistle, duck gestures, refueling gang, teach us to use the "adventure duck" unique "duck gestures We were taught to greet each other with the characteristic "duck gesture" of "adventure ducks", which was very funny. Soon arrived at the Olympic Sailing Base, Gate 2, into the door, we are here, "down to the sea", down to the sea process is very exciting, in everyone cheered in unison, Adventure Ducks rushed into the sea, the huge waves, the formation of a beautiful arc, the wave droplets from the open window splash in, sprinkled on the body is quite comfortable.
"Adventure duck" in the sea swim very smooth, in our swim out of the harbor, into the Fushan Bay, "duck head" to us all the way to explain all the attractions along the way, but also teach us to use the hands of the duck whistle blowing male ducks, female ducks, ducklings quacking, everyone had a good time. We all had a great time, especially the kids, who were all excited and screaming all the time. Qingdao from the sea, there will be a kind of Qingdao coast of the overall beauty of a sense of satisfaction, easy to remind people of Su Shi that "do not know the true face of Mount Lushan, only in this mountain" sigh, the same scenery, from the angle of view, there will be a different sense of beauty. The whole "Adventure Duck" joy journey, relaxed, joyful and exciting, let a person harvest a lot, experience a lot. On the way back, "Duck Head" explained the story of this "lovely big duck", its origin, birth, development history, it is really a "big duck" full of joy and stories! It is really a "big duck" full of joy and stories. My friend said: "Adventure duck is the most fashionable thing we play today!" Duck head said: "Beer, clams, the most fun is the adventure duck!" Qingdao tourism four big strange "bus dare to drive to the sea" is this big duck!
After playing with the Adventure Duck, we took a taxi to the Qingdao Polar Ocean World, where my friends and I roamed around and watched a wonderful mermaid show, a dolphin show, a majestic polar bear, a tiny penguin, a cute beluga whale, and a wide variety of deep-sea fishes, some of which are beautiful, some of which are strange, which is a good place for hiding crouching tigers and crouching tigers. From the Polar Ocean World out, it was already evening, I heard that Shilantao Beach is nearby, we decided to go there to step on the beach, watch the sunset, and by the way to see the old man who stood for hundreds of years. Taking the bus ten minutes to the stone old man bath, there are not a lot of people, bright red sunset in the distance on the sea, the afterglow stained it beside the clouds, the sky and seawater, there is a kind of ethereal beauty. In the distance, Santa Claus stands there, quietly enjoying every sunrise and sunset here for a hundred years. The waves here are relatively big, coming one after another, surging up the soft sandy beach, and then falling back down, leaving flat, regular diamond-shaped footprints on the beach, which is very beautiful. We were surprised to see such a pattern on the beach for the first time, which is a picture outlined by nature's craftsmanship, inviting people to think and reminisce.
As the sky darkened, we all felt a little cooler on the beach, and after a long day of playing, tiredness came along. So we got on the 321 bus, all the way to the stack bridge off, looking for Zhongshan Road, the split wood yard snack street beautiful meal, where the characteristics of the snacks can be really a lot of people are also a lot of people, especially lively, is a very interesting food street, where you can always find their own favorite things to eat. Eat and drink, walk back to the hotel, soak your feet, write some mood, and then a beautiful sleep, for tomorrow's journey to save energy, is not pleasant.
The day's journey came to an end, looking forward to a better journey tomorrow.