一个学期在中国: Shanghai!

Ok, I FINALLY got around to uploading some (well, a lot) of the pictures I took in Shanghai a few weekends ago. It was a really fun weekend!

We got up early Saturday morning to catch our flight to Shanghai. After we arrived and got settled into the hostel, we headed downtown. As soon as we got off the Subway, we spotted Madame Tussauds, so we HAD to check it out. SO much fun!

For more Madame Tussauds pictures, click here.

That night, we strolled around downtown for a while, (it was raining all night, but that didn't stop us!) We ended at a "German" restaurant/bar. The food was good, but the atmosphere was definitely... memorable. Most of the other patrons were either middle-aged white guys with young Chinese ladies or 12 to 15-year olds with their parents, excited to be out "late". (It was only about 9 or 10.) The music was provided by a Chinese band playing classic rock. (Or at least... attempting to.) And the employees were all wearing Dirndls. I asked our waitress to take a picture with me:

We woke up Sunday morning to beautiul sunshine and perfect springtime temperatures. I enjoyed a nice "American" breakfast (including toast, scrambled eggs, and cereal) on the roof of the hostel, and then we spent the whole day strolling around the city. First, we went to a park near our hostel and strolled around, looking at the flowers and such.

The weather was perfect, and the grass was really nice and soft, so we sat/layed on the grass for a little while, until a security guard came and blew a whistle at us to shoo us away. :( But it was fun while it lasted!

(This is my friend/travel buddy Luiza, from Algeria!)

We spent the rest of the day strolling around different areas of Shanghai. Luiza has been to Shanghai, so she knew her way around, which was nice. She even showed me where the Dunkin' Donuts was, so I got to have a real donut and a nice big cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee, which I have been craving ever since I arrived in China!