Be prepared to go backwards if you have to use the restrooms.
We had brunch at M on the Bund. We were the first ones to arrive and when we got seated they were already out of tomato juice for our Bloody Mary’s. That’s hilarious because they just open, but also OK, because I am not a huge fan of that drink anyway. Halfway through our meal they must have sent a runner out to the grocery store and they gave us Bloody Mary’s on the house! The Pavlova however was definitely the highlight of the meal!
Since I am really good at getting lost and don’t know left and right, I have learned to pay attention to signs around me that give out some sort of clue of where I am or where I should go. I noticed this sword like Chines character quite a bunch and asked the people that’s been living in Shanghai for half a decade if this is the character for China. They didn’t know but we did some research and yes, it means China/Chinese. Ha, give me another week in China and I’ll be able to read simplified Chinese fluently!
We went to a Beatles exhibit since it was right around the corner.
It was fairly inexpensive to get in and you had the option to buy a guided tour English. I opted out, thinking I’ll just read the signs. Turns out all signs were in Chinese, but since I read all biographies of the Beatles my local library had in my youth, I could kind of figure out what they were trying to say anyway. The fact that they could not spell out their names correctly just made it a little more exciting.
The Beatles had 14 songs on Billboard Top 100 on April 11, 1964.That’s pretty impressive!
Drake had 14 songs on the same list March 7, 2015, but I don’t think that’s as impressive because he’s just got a bunch of “Some other artist, feat. Drake”.
The Swedish Club of Shanghai had their weekly Saturday drink at Skyli’s. I wanted to hang out with my hosts so I tagged along. I don’t get to talk a lot to other swedes that live abroad anyway so it was fun to hear different stories from another part of the world. Uncle Bo still think I am that quiet 12 year old that sit in a corner being bitter and don’t want to talk to anyone, so he was watching every move I made. I bought him a beer so he could relax a little and enjoy himself.
