Slow Living in Dali: A Healing Journey of Coffee and Ancient City Charm

🌿 Slow living in Dali: A healing journey of coffee and ancient city charm Live like a local at Luye Lusheng and experience a day of poetic life ☕ Morning: Awaken to Dali's soft morning light with a cup of hand-drip Americano On the patio of Luye Lusheng, the aroma of coffee mingles with the mist drifting from Cang Mountain. ▸ The guesthouse provides freshly ground Yunnan Arabica coffee, with a bright acidity that perfectly complements the morning glow of the ancient city. 🍜 Breakfast: "Let's go grab a bowl of Baba Rou Ersi!" ▸ Stroll through the cobblestone alleys and find a breakfast stall filled with local flavor: → Xidoufen (mung bean jelly) with fried dough sticks (smooth, salty, and fragrant) → Weishan Baba Rou Mixian (rice noodles with tender stewed pork in milky white bone broth) 🛍 Midday: Immerse yourself in March Street and experience the bustling Bai ethnic market ▸ Every market day (the 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd days of the lunar month), the entire street comes alive: → Fresh Rushan cheese in the baskets of Bai women, still carrying the warmth of the pasture → Hand-tied and dyed fabrics flutter in the wind, like pieces of the blue sky cut into cloth → Find a vintage silver bracelet and listen to the stall owner tell its story of traversing the Tea Horse Road 🌾 Afternoon: Stroll back from the ancient city, filling your eyes with the scenery ▸ Take the long way back along Yeyu Road: → Pass by the white walls of the Christian Church, where bougainvillea cascades down → Buy a cup of papaya water on Guangwu Road and watch the women perform the Bawangbian dance → The owner of the bookstore around the corner is reading Pablo Neruda's poems to a stray cat 🛁 Evening: Soak in the bathtub and wash away the dust of the day ▸ Return to the guesthouse's stargazing bathroom: → Bathe away the day's fatigue → The children are fast asleep in the next room, their soft breaths filling the air