It sure felt like the perfect time to go :) Still incredible weather, not too hot and not as busy as it probably would have been in peak season :)

Thank you :) Happy to keep you busy with my China vlogs over the holiday period ☺️ Hope you’ll enjoy them! My Shanghai vlogs will be uploaded early January. Merry Christmas and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment :)

Thank you so much! Matching the background music to the vibe of my videos is super important to me, so thank you for noticing☺️

Thank you for your generous compliment! That means a lot to me☺️

Thank you so much🤗 China is such a fascinating country!

Yes, they also carry Miu Miu ready-to-wear :)

Thank you! Ohhh, I did notice the shopping being fairly affordable, probably thanks to the conversion rates currently :)

Absolutely! I felt very safe throughout my entire trip, even walking alone in the dark. Can’t say that about a lot of European and US cities..

Thank you so much :)

Thank you, Anthony☺️

Thank you so much for watching :) I‘m glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you☺️ I felt very welcomed by the Chinese!

Haha, yes it’s definitely trying to look European 😄

Thank you so much🤗

Ohhh, I can imagine it being beautiful in spring🙌🏻

Thank you so much🤗

That makes me so happy seeing you enjoy the vlogs :) I was worried the huge amount of China vlogs will annoy people who subscribed to my channel exclusively for handbag content. And maybe that’s the case in some instances but I’m glad there are equally as many who enjoy the vlogs :) Thank you! And yes, the mountain landscape and the vibrant colors were incredible😍🙌🏻

I really did :) Glad you enjoyed the vlog and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment!

Thank you so much🤗 I actually feel the same way :)

Thank you! I really did have an amazing time :)

@@rosecolouredglasses Yes :) So the tour I booked through a German tour operator was 14 days but I did arrive a couple of days early to have some time to explore Beijing by myself before the itinerary started and same at the end of the tour to have a few extra days in Shanghai :)

@@LesleyAdina Ah I see. In that case 2 weeks sounds more manageable. I assumed that it was a European thing to have such long vacations

Maybe a little more common than in the US but still, it did take a lot of saving up of PTO days to make an almost 3 week trip happen :) So worth it though!

Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed the vlog :)

Ngl, this might be my favorite video out of my China vlogs so far (don’t tell the other vlogs😄). Yangshuo and the landscape along the Li river blew me away! Thank you for the kind words and your support☺️

Really? Well, I am so glad I went despite the weather. I’d imagine for a lot of tourists what it comes down to is lack of time. Beijing has so much to offer so it’s a matter of prioritizing one sight over another. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment :)

Thank you, I really appreciate your kind words! I was surprised myself with how much I enjoyed the cruise. We had about a week’s worth of a fairly busy itinerary behind us at that point so having a few days on the ship was nice for a change. I think the fact that China isn’t a country that is overly travelled to by Europeans and people from the US is one of the main reasons why I wanted to go and experience it myself :) And the country did not disappoint☺️

@@LesleyAdina It is more expensive to buy luxury bags in China, for the tariff on luxury goods is about 20%～50%(consuming tax and value added tax not included yet). That is why many Chinese ladies go to Hongkong and Paris to buy them. During the pandemic, with travelling blocked, many goes to a mall without tariff in Sanya of Hainan, China. This mall is located on a beautiful tropical beach, with many famous luxury hotels newly built nearby, worth a visit.

Thank you so much for sharing! That is super interesting. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to squeeze Hongkong into my trip. Maybe next time :) I‘ll make sure to put Hainan on my bucket list as well.

@@LesleyAdina You are welcome. As my opinion, it not a pity not to go to Hongkong. Hongkong is famous for it used to be a trade and financial 'door' between China and the West, not for its natural beauty. After 2020, both USA and China seem care about Hongkong much less. USA seems leverage Singapore instead. However, China has given the same beneficial policies as Hongkong to Hainan since 2020. So from China's perspective, Hainan could be some kind of a big version of new 'Hongkong'. Hainan used to be poor and undeveloped, but now with all the new policies it is developing rapidly. Maybe it is hard for Hainan to perform better than Hongkong in just economy, for it is much bigger and not recognized by the USA and UK and it is far from mainland China, but there could be some coming competiton to Hongkong from Hainan one or some decades later. For now, some of the no-tariff luxury shopping from mainland China begins shift from Hongkong to Hainan. What is more, Hainan is way more beautiful than Hongkong. The city of Shenzhen, growing from a village to one of China's tech hub, is Hongkong's neighbouring city. Its GDP has passed that of Hongkong since 6 years ago, and it is more beautiful than Hongkong.

Thank you so much for sharing!!

Oh wow, so you got to do a cruise before the river levels rising as a result of the dam? Must have looked wildly different! Just tried to look it up and apparently the show was in a city/area called “Dongxi Town, Zhongxian County”. Your mom might be right in the sense that I don’t think the cruise ships actually pass through the Dam’s ship lift. So for instance, there may not be a cruise that takes you from Chongqing all the way to Shanghai where the Yangtze flows into the sea. Don’t quote me though ;)

Oh that’s lovely! For the most part, locals sold tea leaves, nuts and dried mushroom (?) at our anchor points. Might have been tempted by a non-edible souvenir but it didn’t seem like they sold things like that when we went

Thank you, Linus🤗 China truly is such a fascinating country!

I definitely realized that! China is such a fascinating country and I am glad I got to experience it :)

I did not film the entire Romance of Three Kingdoms show. There were some artistic performances but it wasn’t the focus of the show. Hope that helps

My pleasure☺️ Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment :)

The views really were spectacular! I’m glad I filmed the timelapse of us going through Qutang Gorge. So fascinating🙌🏻 Thank you for your support💗 I am so glad you enjoy the vlogs :)

I did. In fact, that was one of the additional shore excursions that the ship offered for an upcharge. Didn’t end up booking it because of weather conditions (fog) that day.

Thank you! The views along the Yangtze blew me away🙌🏻 Glad I was able to capture them for the vlog :)

The views were breathtaking🙌🏻🙌🏻 Thank you for watching☺️

Thank you so much :) I really enjoyed traveling through China☺️

I didn’t have a say in which cruise company we ended up going for but tbh, I was pleasantly surprised by our ship. No complaints :)

Thank you so much🤗

Honestly, that means so much to me❤️ Thank you!!

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me🥰

Thank you💗

I actually didn’t pay attention to what kind of bags people were wearing in Xi’an. But sure, I can see that

Thank you🤗🤗

Thank you :) I appreciate the constructive criticism. Will absolutely try to incorporate “try on” clips whenever I purchase something, going forward.

Until earlier this year, I had actually never been to Munich🫣 It was about time! Kind of fell in love with the city :) Sounds like you had a great experience visiting Munich as well. Fingers crossed you’ll get to come back at some point (also put Hamburg on your list☺️)