The Catherine’s living in Qingdao for 5 years is a genuine international family. Catherine is from South Africa while Justin, her husband, is American. They fell in love at first sight in South Korea. They gave birth to his son Eli, who is a 100% “Qingdao native”.

They have a lot of good friends in Qingdao. At the invitation of a friend, Justin came to Qingdao International School and has become a PE teacher. From then on, his family starts their happy life in Qingdao.

They like and enjoy fashionable and beautiful life in Qingdao, natural scenery of mountains and seas, European stylish buildings as well as enthusiastic and hospitable people.

As a full-time photographer, Catherine has taken many photos for her international family who live in Qingdao to record their happy life in Qingdao. Moreover, the family likes travelling very much. All beautiful and memorable moments about travelling have been recorded by Catherine’s camera and writing and posted in her blog. For this reason, she has been granted the title “Friendly Ambassador of Qingdao Tourism”by Qingdao Tourism Development Commission.

Catherine describes travelling in Qingdao as “travelling at home”. Choose a good weekend, the family can come to Jimo hot spring, experience moxibustion, a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, enjoy sea water spa and taste original delicacy. What a bless to enjoy the holiday-like life nearby! Catherine sincerely hope they can travel like this all the time. The dream is not big but very beautiful.

Qingdao is a magic city, which can provide not only good living environment for foreign friends but also opportunities to make their dreams come true. If you also love Qingdao, let’s join hands to cheer for Qingdao.

As the SCO Qingdao Summit is convened, the world will pay more attention to Qingdao, an inhabitable, happy and creative international city. Meanwhile, the world will also know that many international friends who are pursuing their dreams in Qingdao really enjoy living, working and studying in this city. Their stories are cheering for Qingdao and making invitations to the entire world.