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Shanghai is a HUGE city.
Driving into it last night at around 12 am, I don’t
think anyone actually could fathom how big it really
is. Charles accidentally signed two of his
traveler’s checks in the wrong place, voiding them.
Shannon and I woke up around
six am, made tea, and got breakfast. The breakfast
at the hotel is kind of “Americanized;” they had
fried eggs as well as stuffed buns. Even Liz liked
the food.
After breakfast, we took a bus
ride (in a bus with the words ‘motion’ and
‘gymnastics’ written in English all over the seats)
to the Jade Buddha temple in the city. It was
really different from anything else I’ve ever seen.
There were beautiful red paper lanterns all over the
place and everything smelled like incense.
Next, we went to the Silk
Exhibition, where we learned how silk is harvested,
etc. A few people bought silk comforters and duvet
covers.
Almost everyone in Shanghai
speaks English, so it’s pretty easy to get around.
A few times when we were shopping this afternoon,
people came up to us to practice their English.
For lunch, Liz ate two shrimp
and didn’t break out in hives or anything. For
dinner and lunch we ate communal-style, with huge
bowls in the middle of the table. We tried
jellyfish for the first time, and Abraham
continually fought over the right to eat fish eyes.
Liz is convinced that we ate brains somewhere in one
of our meals.
Also, we visited the Yu Yuan
gardens and the Oriental Pearl Broadcasting Tower,
which is 468 meters tall.
Everyone is a bit tired from
only sleeping three hours and we are still not
accustomed to the time change, I think.
Shannon says hello to her
mother. Cell Phone if you need
to reach us is 1368-184-3403. Remember we are
12 hours ahead! |
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