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Last Tuesday was our last day of school, and then we had Wednesday through today (Sunday) off for Chinese holiday. Desi and I decided to go to Shanghai, alone, and try to get some things out of the way that we had been missing. If Shanghai was nothing else, we were able to get back to a tad bit more comfortable life at least. We had (my favorite) Coffee Bean every day, some awesome Turkish food, great food and beers at a stellar Irish Pub, we purchased a bunch of stuff we had been needing at IKEA, we got some Cheez-its, Goldfish, and I finally got some comfortable shoes for teaching! Oh, and I also had a smoothie!
Desi and I will now present to you our version of what exactly we survived in Shanghai. A very vivid "vacation" indeed...
I'll start with the bus trips there and home. Crazy. The way out of Beilun was just like driving out of any big city on a Friday afternoon of a holiday weekend. It took us around 4 hours to get to Shanghai! Too, Desi and I were split up on the bus, which really, wasn't that bad. However, his
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October 14th 2008 - davidjones: holidays
Shanghai will face a flood of migrant workers flocking back to the city to find work, mainly from Anhui, Sichuan and Hubei Provinces, railway operators said yesterday.
January 30th 2009 - Kristina: looks neat
Shanghai definately looks like quite an experience. It also looks a little exhausting. I can't believe you guys went to Ikea, that story is crazyness here in the US i can only imagine in china
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...curving out all the way to the right of the photo! This really was the safest driving we've experienced in China. For 20 minutes everyone puts their bad habits aside to make it to the end of that b... [more]
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October 14th 2008 - davidjones: holidays
Shanghai will face a flood of migrant workers flocking back to the city to find work, mainly from Anhui, Sichuan and Hubei Provinces, railway operators said yesterday.
January 30th 2009 - Kristina: looks neat
Shanghai definately looks like quite an experience. It also looks a little exhausting. I can't believe you guys went to Ikea, that story is crazyness here in the US i can only imagine in china
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