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March 8th 2013
This year, our department selected a typical Japanese restaurant "Rong Japanese Cuisine", Xingyi Road No.48 in Shanghai. Very nice, clean and great service. We eat All-in, so we could really taste everthing of them and is was really delicious (without that ugly sea urchin) We will join again...... read more
March 6th 2013
Really nice area around our department in Anting. First signs of the spring we can see with temperatures up to 27°C in March :)... read more
February 24th 2013
the diversity of food you can choose of is amazing. If traditional, fast food, japanese, indian, thai, austrian or german, you can really find everthing in this city of more than 24 miilion people :)... read more
First days in Shanghai and my Apartment "Evergreen Garden"
Published: March 3rd 2013Asia » China » Shanghai » Huangpu
February 18th 2013
The flight was shorter emotionaly than i expected. But i was really tired after the flight and the ride from PuDong Airport to my Apartment "Evergreen Garden". First I got an apartment by my one with 4 rooms, a bedroom, a bathroom, a living room and a kitchen. Space enought to live and to spend these 4 month in Shanghai. The housing complex is not directly next to the major street, the Hami Rd. So there really enough silence and a little bit of green nature in the middle of all apartment. The complex is also guarded 24 hours the day.... read more
December 21st 2012
Well, the 21st got here with little to no incident in China. So, y'all in the States ought ta be all right ;) Just thought I'd let you know. That is all!... read more
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December 18th 2012
So, I’ve been told a few times that it’s not too early to update again… so I’m updating again! The days continue to be packed with new information and all kinds of adventures. The group that I sight-saw with on Saturday has become something of my nuclear group of friends here at DE. We are far from perfect for each other as friends, but we are sharing these experiences and bring a lot of unique perspectives to the table. Since Saturday, the 4+ of us have spent time together literally every free moment. I say 4+ because there is this central group of 4 that then has a rotating 5th person. Our 5th has really turned into Chris from Ireland, so in fairness to him… it’s become 5+. We 5 have a fantastic habit of getting ... read more
November 22nd 2012
We arrived into Shanghai on an overnight hard sleeper from Xi'an. This was our first experience of a sleeper train so we were not sure what to expect. There are 6 bunks in a tiny cabin but they provide a pillow and blanket and the beds are not strictly what you would call hard but they're not the most comfortable thing either. We got on our bunks hoping we would be able to sleep, then realised the Chinese people we were sharing our cabin with liked to ignore the no smoking signs and were soon puffing away and choking us to death. We did our best to get some sleep and after a few hours lying awake listening to the others below snoring, we put in our ear plugs and went to sleep. We woke up ... read more
Shanghai - Skyscrapers, Skyline, Scams and Snakes
Published: September 30th 2012Asia » China » Shanghai » Huangpu
September 30th 2012
Day 20 (Tues 25thSept) My first action in Shanghai was to try and book my ticket to Beijing, not the most positive of starts wanting to book a ticket out of the city, but it’s a national holiday week here next week so needed it sorted. Got to station, once again had forgotten my passport, but on looking at e-ticket machine couldn’t have booked more than 3 days in advance anyways so nothing lost. Have to go back Friday. Went back to the hostel to drop off my passport and then headed out for a day time walk along the Bund, which is the main promenade/boulevard in Shanghai, from where every picture you’ve ever seen of the skyline will have been taken from. It is an amazing view, one of which I decided I wanted to ... read more
September 22nd 2012
I had a few hours to spare on a Saturday afternoon, so I took some pictures in and around Fuxing Park, in the former French Concession. The sign just inside the gate also referred to this as the Civilized Park, which it is. Just unrelated people (and bicycles) going about their weekend: see photo captions for details. Normal.dotm 0 0 1 2 DSM 1 1 2 12.0 ... read more
July 24th 2012
Ni hao once again! I am getting a little behind on the old blogging as you may or may not have realised.. Thus it is time to speed things up a tad! So I last left you in Nanjing feeling a little underwhelmed, but a lot wiser on Sino-japanese relations. Our next stop was the long awaited Shanghai!!! After only a 3 hour train ride, easy going in comparison to our next train ride, we hit Shanghai hard! We wandered around to get a good feel for the city; skyscrapers litter the skies everywhere you look. Hidden in one part is the old quarter which was beautiful with typical Chinese architecture nestled in between vast, towering and modern buildings. We visited the gardens there and stared at some colossal fish and ... read more
