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The bloody and tearful history of family travel in Jinan! These 3 pitfalls made me doubt my life on the spot

Sisters! I just got back from Jinan, which was supposed to be the "Jiangnan of the North", but ended up almost exhausting my old mother like the three streams of Baotu Spring! ! 😭 The sound of the spring water is really healing, but the pitfalls are really pitfalls that make your soul leave your body... ⚠️The first pit: Baotu Spring's "crowd attack"​​ We went there to see the No. 1 Spring in the World as described by Lao She, but ended up following the crowd...👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 If we wanted to take a family photo, we had to fight with 18 tour groups for a camera spot! The 5-year-old kid was squeezed like a sandwich by the crowd, crying and shouting: "Mom, the spring water is going to eat us!" Fortunately, the security guard secretly pointed the way: "There is a cold spring behind the rockery at the east gate!" As a result, we took beautiful photos of the whole place - the mossy stone steps reflected the glazed tiles, and the silhouette of the kid splashing in the water was amazing 📸! 🌿Second pit: Wulongtan's "wet trap"​​ The guide says you can catch fish by the pond, but it doesn't say you have to compete with koi in speed! 🐟 The kid chased with a net bag for half an hour, but he didn't catch any fish and instead slipped and fell like a drowned chicken😇! When I was wringing out the clothes, the cleaning lady brought me some ginger tea: "Warm the child up, the water is cold~" The enthusiasm of Jinan people is warmer than ginger tea, instantly curing all the embarrassment💖 ⛰️The third pit: "Wild Survival" in Jiuru Mountain​​ I thought the "Little Jiuzhaigou of the North" would be so romantic, but the hiking route turned out to be so steep that I doubted my life! 😱 The 6-year-old kid hung on his father’s back as a “human backpack”, and when he reached the halfway point of the mountain, he immediately started repeating himself: “Mom, my legs are not legs~” Fortunately, the owner of the tea shop on the mountainside borrowed a pony, and the kid rode the horse down the mountain proudly, instantly turning into a little prince of the jungle🐎! ✨Private collection of healing crit​ 1️⃣ ​Magical moment of Mingshui Ancient City​ When all the lanterns are lit at 7pm, the whole ancient city becomes a scene from "Spirited Away"🏮! The baby ran across the stone bridge holding a lotus lantern, and the reflection was shattered into stars all over the river, so beautiful that it took my breath away😭 2️⃣ ​The fountain surprise at Quancheng Square​ I couldn't squeeze into the musical fountain at 4pm, but I accidentally walked into the group of pigeons in the corner of the square🕊️! Spend 5 yuan to buy a bag of feed, and the baby will be surrounded by pigeons and laugh until he is in vibrating mode. This happiness is comparable to Disney! 3️⃣ ​Natural SPA at Jiuru Mountain Waterfall​ Soak the watermelon in the stream for half an hour, take it out and bite it - 🍉 The cool and sweet taste will burst your tongue! The boy narrowed his eyes and sighed: "This is the ice cream that Miss Quan sent me~" 🚌Thoughts from a person who has experienced this ✅ Be sure to get up early! Baotu Spring at 7 o'clock can occupy the entire bamboo forest ✅ Put on river trekking shoes for your child! The stone slabs of Wulongtan are covered with moss and are as slippery as ice skating ✅ Learn from the locals: bring empty mineral water bottles to drink spring water, so sweet that your kids can drink it all ✅ Prepare a change of clothes! You will get soaked if you play in the water at Jiuru Mountain (don’t ask how I know) When the high-speed train left Jinan West Station, the kid suddenly took out his notebook and said, "Mom, I wrote a spring poem!" The crooked handwriting reads: "There are many bubbles in Jinan/Mother Earth is blowing bubbles/I caught the three biggest ones/and hid them in my dreams as an alarm clock~" Suddenly I felt that all the pits I had stepped on turned into candy—— Those crazy moments will eventually become the starlight of childhood🌟 (But next time I will definitely put my dad in the position of photographer!!)
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Posted: May 9, 2025
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