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Published: June 19th 2011
Saturday June 18th..
Woke up on Saturday am, the sun was actually out and I was waiting for my friend Erich to wake up and go shopping.... I deicded to go explore around West Lake. It was hot, hot, hot out!!!!
Right beside my hotel, they were having a Jeep promo showing the new Jeep model- which was pretty cool.. I then walked about 2 miles around the lake and saw some beautiful flowers, and the locals enjoying the Lake.
I then headed back and hit Starbucks for my coffee fix... Coming out of Starbucks there was a cool Camero on display so I had to take a few pics for my nephews back home...
I met up with Erich around 2 and we started shopping which is when the rain decided to start. At first, it wasn't too bad - it was just sprinkling out. As we made our way through the local markets and stops it started raining a little bit harder but nothing bad. Just as we walked out of our last store with our purchases in hands, it started pouring- the kind of rain that within seconds their were huge puddles in the road. We bought
cheap umbrellas to try and make it back to the hotel without beind drenched- let's say the umbrellas were not much help. We decided to relax at the Hyatt lobbey and have a few margaritas 😊 We were soaking wet and unfortunately my iphone got wet too and is now complete junk until I get back to the States...
We ventured out later for dinner and the rain down pour followed us... we made it to the italian restaurant Due Fiori were I then decided to drop my blackberry in a puddle by mistake- I was like Oh no, now I will have no phone but never fear, thos BB are tough- it is back in working order...
Where else can I have a blast with a great co- worker and just laugh because we were caught in the rain and soaking wet.
Sunday June 19th- Happy Father's Day. I wish I could be home to wish my dad a great day- he is the best dad in the world. Erich and I met up with Peter and his wife Suzette and their beautiful 5 month old daughter- she is so adorable. We had brunch at the Intercontinetal
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Intercontinetal Hotel - wedding taking place Hotel which is a really cool place- it is located in South Central Hanghzhou which is more business buildings and construction but it was cool to be a little bit out of the way of the craziness of Hangzhou.
After a delicious brunch, we headed to the mix c mall- it was a slice of home away from home. Has most of the stores you see at home and it has an international food market, Ole which we could have spent hours in- it has american and european brands- we had to drag Erich out of there 😊
After spending hours in the mall, we found our way back to our part of the hood in Hangzhou...
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