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Asia » China » Shanghai April 15th 2016

Friday April 15, our vacation is slowly coming to a close. We have two more days in Shanghai, then the journey home begins. However, we still have two active days ahead, so we are going to make the most of them. Today at breakfast, we were joined by Jo and our local guide Tony. Let me tell you about them. Jo is a very lovely mother hen, taking care of her wayward chicks. She anticipates everything. She watches over us to make sure we are on time for the next event, helps with the language barrier, fixes problems and, most of all, puts up with me, a major job in itself. She's funny, smart and a joy to be with. China Spree is lucky to have her. We all love her dearly. All of our local ... read more
Silk Farm
Silk Farming
Tongli

Asia » China » Shanghai April 14th 2016

Today was a very long day. We arrived last night in Shanghai about 2 AM local time. Our flight was a little late getting in, plus we had nearly an hour drive from the airport. We are staying at a Marriott property on the south side of Shanghai a little outside of the downtown area. There is not much here to do but the hotel itself is beautiful. So we decided to turn is as wake up was, thankfully late, around 8 AM. We wiped the sleep out of our eyes, took a shower and headed down to another buffet breakfast. Before I left the room I jumped on the scale in the room to see how much weight I had gained. I could not believe it. The scale said I lost nearly 100 pounds. Then ... read more
Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai

Asia » China » Shanghai » Huangpu April 10th 2016

The week had honestly worn me out, but I wasn’t about to sleep in my last morning, so by 7 I was up and at the gym before breakfast and meeting coworkers in the lobby for a whirlwind 4 more hours. One of my colleagues from the Beijing office happened to be in Shanghai for the weekend and was staying at the same hotel, so he joined us at well. The plan was basically to see People’s Square and then do some shopping and eating, but I deferred to my hosts for a more solid game plan. I hadn’t taken the metro yet, so this was my final golden opportunity to check it out. It’s known to be clean, efficient, etc. so just like every other public transit system in the world it’s the antithesis to ... read more
Umbrellas advertising people's children for potential suitors and other matchmakers
Food stall in Yuyuan Tourist Mart featuring miscellaneous fried things
Looking down East Nanjing Road

Asia » China » Shanghai » Pudong April 8th 2016

I woke up Thursday morning at 5am, which apparently was my new normal wake-up time, and did my usual routine of work, gym, and getting ready before breakfast. Once again I stuffed my face at the buffet - my low-cal start to the day included a Japanese beef soup, sesame ball, kim chi, Singapore friend noodles, air-dried beef, shrimp shumai, sushi, and a few other things washed down with coffee and watermelon juice. I had to refrain from a full plate of seconds. The morning in the office was again fairly leisurely, with only a couple hours of training before it was already time for lunch. My coworker Xiuran invited me out with him for a sort of street food from a hole in the wall own the street. "Not healthy, but I like it", as ... read more
My spicy fried chicken and wonton-filled pancake
Literally can't stop taking pictures of these massive buildings
Food court realness with chicken feet, crab soup dumplings, and iced lemon green tea!

Asia » China » Shanghai April 8th 2016

Vor einigen Tagen erlebte ich das Totengedenkfest (清明节 qingmingjie) bei meiner Tante und meinem Cousin. Ich wurde am Sonntag von meinem Cousin abgeholt und wir aßen alle zusammen Abendessen. Meine Tante ist so eine gute Köchin, in ihr zweimal-gebackenes Schweinefleisch könnte ich mich wirklich reinknien. Wir gingen aber relativ pünktlich ins Bett, da wir am Morgen schon früh aufstehen mussten. Ich glaube alle anderen sind gegen halb 5, 5 aufgestanden, aber mich haben sie ein bisschen länger schlafen lassen und weckten mich erst um 6. Nach dem Frühstück ging es zur Bushaltestelle und wir fuhren mit dem Bus zur U-Bahn Station. Im Bus und auf den Straßen war noch alles ganz ruhig, aber in der Metro ging es richtig los. Wir passten noch in den Zug, aber alle Leute die nach uns einstiegen wollte, mussten schon ... read more
Ausgang aus der U-Bahn
Die Schlange auf dem Weg zu den Bussen
Menschenmassen in der Altstadt

Asia » China » Shanghai » Pudong April 5th 2016

My first night's sleep went reasonably well considering all of the warnings I received regarding the jetlag, but people are also basic and don't know how to help themselves adjust. I woke up a couple of times in the middle of the night but fell right back asleep, and by 6am I felt relatively well-rested. Due to the crazy commuting situation for the millions of people in the city, our offices don't open until 10am and people work a later shift as a result. That being said I had a solid 4 hours to get some work done, hit the hotel gym, get ready, and do breakfast before meeting Monica to walk over to the office. The breakfast area was legit - everything from sushi and kimchi to eggs benedict and western-style pastries were available. I ... read more
Shanghai Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center from the office
Assorted meats - pork, chicken, and goose along with some eggs
Fried bullfrog? Yes please!

Asia » China » Shanghai » Huangpu April 4th 2016

Nihao! It’s been only 16 hours since landing in Shanghai and I’ve already seen and eaten so much – I can’t believe I have an entire week ahead of me! My morning in Chicago was a blur to say the least – had a wee bit too much fun at Kasia’s surprise 30th so after waking up it was basically a scramble to make sure I had everything, shower, and run out the door. O’Hare wasn’t bad on a Sunday morning, and the check-in process wasn’t anything out of the ordinary apart from having my visa checked a couple of times. Since I was flying from Chicago I had 2 hours of flight time cut off from what it would have been from Boston – any little bit helps when you’re flying for over 14 hours. ... read more
Entrance to the YuYuan Tourist Mart, Gardens, and Temple
Temple of the City God
Looking less than refreshed at the YuYuan Gardens

Asia » China » Shanghai March 24th 2016

Hey everyone! The new blog is up! Sorry I missed last week; my friend Sabrina came from Japan to visit me at the beginning of this past week so I spent last weekend writing lots of essays, trying to get ahead on the homework for the week. Anyways, it was really great getting to hang out with her, and we had a lot of good conversations about how study abroad has changed our perspectives on the world and life in general. https://www.iesabroad.org/study-abroad/blogs/kmcgeepugetsoundedu/importance-study-abroad In other news, last weekend one of my friends and I tried to buy some glasses. We heard of a place from another friend where we could find tons of shops, which always means bargaining is possible. We went on Friday and at the third shop after trying on lots of different pairs, found ... read more
The best photo of the Bund that I've taken
Visiting the Bund
PACRIM

Asia » China » Shanghai March 23rd 2016

Dieses Mal berichte ich nicht von einem fröhlichen aber dafür umso interessanteren Ereignis. Vor ein paar Tagen verstarb mein Großonkel und daher war ich auf seiner Trauerfeier. Ich wusste schon vorher, dass der Umgang mit dem Tod und auch die darauffolgenden Zeremonien ganz anders abgehalten werden, als beispielsweise in Deutschland. Zuallererst gibt es zwar auch Kirchen hier und es auch bestimmt vereinzelt Gedenkfeiern wie in Deutschland aber der Großteil ist doch vollkommen anders. Unsere Trauerfeier fand in einer Art "Bestattungsinstitut" statt. Dieses bestand aus ca. 20-30 verschieden großen Räumen, in denen jeweils immer eine Zeremonie abgehalten wird. Bei uns gab es niemanden, der eine Rede hielt, sondern alles, was gesprochene wurde, wurde von Mitarbeitern des Instituts übernommen. Die eigentliche Zeremonie dauert nicht sehr lange, etwa 20 Minuten. Es wurde sehr viel mit Respe... read more
Essen im kantonesischen Restaurant bevor es zur "Bar Rouge" in Shanghai ging

Asia » China » Shanghai March 16th 2016

Nachdem ich jetzt endlich meinen Laptop wieder habe (und um 900 ¥ erleichtert bin) kann ich wieder am Blog weitermachen. Nach 2 Wochen Schule erkennt man jetzt so langsam aus was für Leuten meine Klasse besteht. Ungefähr die Hälfte aller Schüler kommt aus Korea und sind auch wirklich lieb. Mit ein paar koreanischen Mädels hab ich versucht zu reden, aber ich denke mal die nächste Zeit bleibt es beim Lächeln und Winken, bis wir alle ein bisschen besser chinesisch reden können. Was aber auffällt ist, dass so viele kaum oder auch gar nicht zum Unterricht kommen. Das fing schon nach dem ersten Tag an, dass ein paar der Mitschüler erst zur dritten Stunde kamen und diese Woche hat ein Lehrer ein paar "neue" Schüler begrüßt, weil er sie vorher noch nie gesehen hatte. Ich denke es ... read more
Sushi-Essen mit Tante Momo-Ayi und Onkel Zhang Bo
Ein etwas ungewöhnlicher Laden, aber die Pizza und das Bier waren wirklich gut
Eigentlich wollte ich mir das Frühstück von der Straße holen...




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