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October 30th 2010

Published: October 30th 2010

It’s fall in Shanghai 2010 and life is good. The economy is booming, the temperatures are tolerable, and the pollution levels are by all accounts drastically reduced. Expo is in the air. As an expat family residing in the city, opportunities abound to experience the most luxurious of the luxurious and the dingiest of the dingiest. Be it lavish or lacking, one thing for sure, all experiences... Read Full Entry

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Schroeder family

Shanghai Sheri

In 2006, our family began what we thought was a 3 year adventure of living and traveling in China. But like Gilligan, our 3 year tour turned into something much longer and deeper than we expected. This was just the beginning of our cultural travels and blogs. 3 years turned into 6 years and included a time of residence in South Korea as well. The kids have all transitioned into and out of college leaving us as empty nesters, but not empty of ambitions to continue to explore the world. Come along with us as we seek to expand our understanding of this marvelous world in which we live! ... full info

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A kite flying kind of day

Typical day enjoying the park of Century Avenue, Pudong.

Nanpu bridge at night

The bridge colors change many times. Pink was my favorite.

Nanpu bridge at night

Lenghtening the shutter speed, the camera records the cars zooming around the tail of the Nanpu dragon.

2 refrigerators, microwave and a rice cooker bicycle man

Not sure I could carry all this stuff in the back of my little Pontiac!

Dragon mobile

Dragon mobile friends

The people on this traveling advertisement for a new store were happy to greet me as they banged away on cymbals and created dischordant music.

father-son moped ride sunny day

Jinshan Peasant

Typical bike rider at Yu Yuan.

Lovely old woman

Wuzhen water town

Drying fabric - Wuzhen

Outside a fabric printing shop, long strips of fabric dry in the breeze.

Doors - Wuzhen

Wuzhen water town

Waiting for business - Wuzhen

Wuzhen water taxi

Wuzhen water town

Candied apple seller - Wuzhen

I got into a fight!

With crickets, that is.

Mooncakes

These, from the Westin hotel, were actually quite delicious with fillings like peach, lotus flower, and jasmine.

Trick-or-treat!

Once again, we passed out nearly 300 pieces of candy - mostly 1/person - to many little witches and super heroes. Cai and his daughter, Angel and her daughter, and Jessie and her friend also went tirck-or-treating. So many people were out enjoying this lovley evening.

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