To be honest, I rarely stay in B&Bs when I travel. I only resort to them when I really love a place and there are no hotels available, only B&Bs. Hotels are standardized, so I know what to expect. But with B&Bs, I've heard too many stories of places looking like a paradise in photos but turning out to be a rural guesthouse when you get there. I'm genuinely afraid of getting a bad experience.
This trip to Qingdao was a challenge. When I was doing my research, I found that all the places truly right on the seafront, where you could open the window and hear the waves, were B&Bs – not a single hotel. If you wanted that view, a B&B was your only option, no other way around it.
So, I bit the bullet and started browsing. When I came across Ya Song Jian Wen, the photos looked decent, but I was still apprehensive – "The photos are definitely retouched," "Who knows what the real place looks like?"
However, once I arrived, my worries immediately vanished. It was exactly like the photos, even more comfortable because the sound of the waves and the smell of the tide couldn't be captured in pictures. At that moment, I just thought, 'Wow, I gambled right this time.'
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