Last day in Shanghai was mostly just involving beers, but we did go to get our nails done before starting drinking.
Love the color!
Mmmkay… I wasn’t gonna…
popnea
Qibao Water Town
We took a trip out to Qibao today, a cute water town – like Venice but different!
We got to see the sun today, a good day to do your laundry!
It wasn’t just us there.
Stinky Tofu! Tempting to try, but I stayed away.
Some other food that was not as tempting;
We had lunch at the Shanghai Brewery, finally an IPA!
Classic mom & dad photo; mom is lecturing dad, dad is pretending to listen.
A quick nap in the car over the river, and we were in Pudong.
Stroll Around Shanghai
We had nothing specific planned for the day so we just had a lazy stroll around the city.
A bunch of guys watching some other guys playing cards in the park. I wish we had this tradition in Los Angeles. I wish we had more parks in Los Angeles.
We have plenty of this in Los Angeles as well though.
Some interesting fruit that I never got to try.
I don’t quite get this sign; Should I look out for falling people, or should I watch my step?
Love the name of this store!
I wish I had the guts to try the food from the street vendors.
We headed to the market to pick up dinner, it was super crowded! At one point I did not move my feet, but I kept moving anyway.
Dinner time!
Shanghai Natural History Museum
The Shanghai Natural History Museum is very awesome and creepy at the same time! Totally worth a visit!
Taiwanese lunch!
Time for a visit to the insect market after lunch, also creepy and awesome at the same time and totally worth a visit!
The sun was still nowhere to be found, but the laundry racks were still visible. On a sunny day all these racks would be full of laundry.
Tons of these bicyclist around the city and I’ve been trying to catch one on camera. One finally came up close and I totally panic and couldn’t get the setting on the camera correct.
Australian food for dinner!
Fresh pineapple from a street vendor as dessert!
The Shanghai Museum
Today was culture day, we started of at the Shanghai Museum, the museum of ancient Chinese art.
A very old gem. I don’t think I can wrap my head around how old this is. 6000 BC!
Old Chinese money;
Yep, this is a pillow! Tired anyone?
After the Shanghai Museum, we headed over to the Shanghai Sculpture Space. Very cool and artsy, probably where I would spend a lot of time if I lived in Shanghai.
We went to Tianzifang for lunch, small shops in cute alleys.
Mmm, beer lunch!
We popped our heads into Candy Lab. Very cool culinary art, but oh so sweet! Pretty much just sugar, not very tasty.
We went for a stroll along the Bund after lunch.
The view of Pudong;
Spicy Chinese food for dinner!
Poker night with the parents!
Shanghai Brunch Buffet
The Ritz Carlton have a 12 Martini Brunch every Sunday. I am not a Martini girl myself so I stuck to the Champagne, but everyone else had plenty.
Ah, the shellfish buffet! Everything you ever need!
Shanghai Day 1
It was no surprise to me that I woke up at 6am this morning. My first glimpse of the city was through my bedroom window.
We took a stroll though the old, not so fancy parts of Shanghai. Lots of small alleys and street markets!
I was really glad and surprised to see how clean it was on the streets, no garbage laying around like on the streets of Los Angeles, or any other city in the US.
The street food looked really good and I was tempted to try, but I thought I’d spare my stomach on the first day in Shanghai.
I dunno, but some of these fishes looks more dead than alive to me…
We made it to Yu Gardens, but never actually made it into the gardens – we will have to come back and do that next time!
Polly
I made it to Shanghai without any major disruptions and was greeted by friends and parents with a big box of Polly! How awesome!
Off to Shanghai!
I haven’t had a good vacation in quite some time and I’m excited to go to Shanghai today!
But first, the mandatory beer at LAX before take-off.
Clean for Pesach
We have to clean everything at work for Passover and put a sticker on it saying that it’s clean. If we don’t want to bother with the cleaning, we can put a sticker on it saying that it’s “sold” and we can’t use it for two weeks. It’s pretty tempting to just sell mu whole desk and work area, but I did clean it instead.
