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Published: October 13th 2012
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A big sleep in and a big read in the morning sun on my balcony was a great start to my Saturday.
Not being a shopper, I prefer an op shop bargain to looking at Myers, I thought I would have to go to Quancheng Lu to check out what all the hype was about.
So you head up Li Shan Lu towards Thousand Budda Mountain Park and turn right just after Carrefour onto Jiefang Lu. Keep going, past the canal and head towards decadence and shopping with a capital S!
Every shop that is designer label and more is here. All the usual Western Brands, equivalents of what looks like Myers and David Jones, I looked decidedly scruffy in my op shop trackies and $5- Rockmans shirt and joggers. Some of the men and women look like they had just jumped out of a photo shoot, gorgeous!
Malls with the very latest in architectural designs, fountains, cafes, street art, gardens in abundance, could be anywhere and everywhere.
To think the first reforms started towards modernisation in China in 1984 after the Cultural Revolution, so a lot has been achieved
in a very short time.
Stumbled across a Starbucks café so coffee in hand I set off and found a little side street that looked interesting, just past the Starbucks shop.
Just turn into it and then turn left and be amazed.
I popped my backpack on my front and wandered in, what a feast for the senses.
If I come back from China as fat as a barrel it’s because there was sooooo much yummy looking food to want to try out.
This area has so many types of bread, pastries, crepes, small ravioli looking products, cakes, biscuits and then there is all the savoury food.
Anything on a stick; insects, seafood, meat, tofu, dove eggs.
Then there are all sorts of dumplings, little savoury buns, the list goes on.
Had to go into Walmart- never been in one before that I can remember, bought some wine glasses, grater, a great Spanish red for $5- and some presents for my nieces.
Red wine so far has been brilliant. French red cost me Y35- local Chinese Y28- and today’s
Spanish Y27. Fat chance of me getting thin I think whilst I am here!
Took the #3 bus home, what a squeeze and a push and shove to get on and get away from the open door, everyman for themselves.
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Jenny Staples
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Hi Rosemary - I've just caught up on all of your fantastic blogs - they're so descriptive that it's almost like being there! Don't know how I'd go with the food - I'm not very adventurous. We had a trip to Bowen today (Sunday) to watch Stephen compete in the Bowen Triathlon at Queen's Beach. It was a beautiful day (a little chilly to start with 9 degrees at Bloomsbury and Proserpine) with dolphins frolicking before the start of the swim leg. The Eisteddfod is heading into week 2 and all is going well. The Mature and Motivated section was again booked out on Friday night. Paul has done a couple of chairing sessions with three more this week. I'm looking forward to the Choral sections starting. Thank you for your blogs, I'm looking forward to reading lots more. Regards Jen and Paul