Crickets and Dragons in Baltimore Style

While I was exploring the Baltic States, Baltimore Style Magazine published my travel story on Beijing, China. “Crickets and Dragons” is available in the print and online versions of the latest issue.

In the article, my daughter, Nicole, and I venture through modern and historic Beijing, rickshawing through the Hutong, touring Tiananmen Square, strolling through the Forbidden City, and dancing with locals in the gardens of the Summer Palace.

Music wafted down a hillside path; we climbed it and arrived at the Garden of Virtue and Harmony. A full band sounded, as dozens of seniors sang from songbooks and others danced in circles. We were pulled in and danced, hand-in-hand, in their cozy circle. Their smiles brightened our morning in a way that the smog-veiled sun did not.

Tourists and locals, in perfect harmony.

Join us and read “Crickets and Dragons” now in Baltimore Style. 

http://baltimorestyle.com/crickets-and-dragons/