Day 2 Shanghai- Shopping!
We had a wonderful second day in Shanghai! We just love this city- so much to see, and we have just begun to explore it! Our day started way too early with the girls waking at 3am. We managed to get them to stay in bed until 5, at which time we were all up for the day. This is because we were all in bed and asleep by 8:30 last night. Not quite over the jet lag, tonight we are forcing ourselves to stay awake until at least 9:30. The girls just went to bed, it is 7pm here, they have been asking to go to bed since 5pm.
Jennifer picked us up at 11am at the hotel, walked right by Kellan, who headed down to the lobby before us. When he waved and called her name- she apologized and said that "all American boys look the same to me" He got quite a chuckle out of this.
We took two cabs down to Nanjing road, a very popular tourist area which is full of great shops. Department store type, but fun to look around. Had a very good lunch, but Kristen would be dissapointed- was called the "MoJo cafe" and was a western style restaurant. There were some asian choices, which Jim and I ordered, but the kids stuck with grilled cheese and Spaghetti, all were happy. On the way out of this restaurant I spotted a traditional Chinese restaurant, we may head back that way later in the week. Stopped in a park area with beautiful fountains, Kellan was stopped by a couple of young Chinese girls who asked if he would take their picture in front of the fountain, he did, they then asked for a picture With him, he declined, but we all agreed he should have done it!
Thanks Jin for recommending this area- had a great time!
From there we took a cab to "Old town" a beautiful area with LOTS of shopping- much like Guangzhou, prices just as good, but beautiful buildings. Took many pictures, Jennifer helped us get some great deals, we would have paid much more without her. From there we headed home- Kristen you may want to stop reading here-
got some KFC takeout for dinner- hey, it was cheap, right outside our hotel, and made everyone happy. I know, you are dissapointed, we promise to get some real Chinese food before we leave! We are missing Schell here to scope out the good restaurants for us.
On that note, after my post yesterday we headed out to dinner, a small restaurant inside the mall near our hotel. Jennifer thought it would be good food, well, not so good. We had a very difficult time ordering, as nothing on the menu was remotely familiar. There were a couple of western choices, Patrick went for the Hawiian pizza, which ended up having some strange meat under the cheese. Needless to say, he picked everything off and ate the bread. Our dinners, once they arrived were also very strange. Our dinners were a bit delayed by the 15 minute Power Outage in the restaurant- the only light we had came from the mall windows. The kitchen was dark! Along with dinner came some sort of complimentary pudding type thing for the girls- waitress said it was free for us. Took some pictures of this, as we could not decide if it was an appetizer or dessert- we believe it was some sort of green tea pudding, but had red beans on the top. Hmmm, thank goodness for the peanut butter we brought!
One more funny note about yesterdays adventures in cab riding, as there are so many of us, we need to take two cabs everywhere we go. No big deal here, as a cab ride costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $2-$3. We were heading back to our hotel, Jennifer hailed a couple of cabs for us, loaded Jim, Katie and I into the first cab- told the driver where to go, and we were off. She followed behind with Grace and the boys. Well, one minute or so into the ride the driver pulls over, says something to us and holds out his hand. We have no idea what he wants- Jim tries to pay him, not what he wanted, so we give him our room key- to communicate where we were going- apparently he had no idea what Jennifer said to him. Why he took off without knowing we have no idea.
Lots of pictures from today- can be viewed by clicking here
We are off to bed, tommorow at 9am, we will have a new daughter, new sister. We are all very excited, but nervous, not sure what to expect. Can only imagine what she is thinking tonight-
Jennifer picked us up at 11am at the hotel, walked right by Kellan, who headed down to the lobby before us. When he waved and called her name- she apologized and said that "all American boys look the same to me" He got quite a chuckle out of this.
We took two cabs down to Nanjing road, a very popular tourist area which is full of great shops. Department store type, but fun to look around. Had a very good lunch, but Kristen would be dissapointed- was called the "MoJo cafe" and was a western style restaurant. There were some asian choices, which Jim and I ordered, but the kids stuck with grilled cheese and Spaghetti, all were happy. On the way out of this restaurant I spotted a traditional Chinese restaurant, we may head back that way later in the week. Stopped in a park area with beautiful fountains, Kellan was stopped by a couple of young Chinese girls who asked if he would take their picture in front of the fountain, he did, they then asked for a picture With him, he declined, but we all agreed he should have done it!
Thanks Jin for recommending this area- had a great time!
From there we took a cab to "Old town" a beautiful area with LOTS of shopping- much like Guangzhou, prices just as good, but beautiful buildings. Took many pictures, Jennifer helped us get some great deals, we would have paid much more without her. From there we headed home- Kristen you may want to stop reading here-
got some KFC takeout for dinner- hey, it was cheap, right outside our hotel, and made everyone happy. I know, you are dissapointed, we promise to get some real Chinese food before we leave! We are missing Schell here to scope out the good restaurants for us.
On that note, after my post yesterday we headed out to dinner, a small restaurant inside the mall near our hotel. Jennifer thought it would be good food, well, not so good. We had a very difficult time ordering, as nothing on the menu was remotely familiar. There were a couple of western choices, Patrick went for the Hawiian pizza, which ended up having some strange meat under the cheese. Needless to say, he picked everything off and ate the bread. Our dinners, once they arrived were also very strange. Our dinners were a bit delayed by the 15 minute Power Outage in the restaurant- the only light we had came from the mall windows. The kitchen was dark! Along with dinner came some sort of complimentary pudding type thing for the girls- waitress said it was free for us. Took some pictures of this, as we could not decide if it was an appetizer or dessert- we believe it was some sort of green tea pudding, but had red beans on the top. Hmmm, thank goodness for the peanut butter we brought!
One more funny note about yesterdays adventures in cab riding, as there are so many of us, we need to take two cabs everywhere we go. No big deal here, as a cab ride costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $2-$3. We were heading back to our hotel, Jennifer hailed a couple of cabs for us, loaded Jim, Katie and I into the first cab- told the driver where to go, and we were off. She followed behind with Grace and the boys. Well, one minute or so into the ride the driver pulls over, says something to us and holds out his hand. We have no idea what he wants- Jim tries to pay him, not what he wanted, so we give him our room key- to communicate where we were going- apparently he had no idea what Jennifer said to him. Why he took off without knowing we have no idea.
Lots of pictures from today- can be viewed by clicking here
We are off to bed, tommorow at 9am, we will have a new daughter, new sister. We are all very excited, but nervous, not sure what to expect. Can only imagine what she is thinking tonight-
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