So, Day 2 of my three week Chinese New Year vacation is just finishing. To sum it up, my appreciation for Shanghai has really not improved much since the last time I was here. Granted, this time I am here with my cousin, Tiff, so the experience is brightened by that, but it's still impossible to ignore the giant cloud of fog (smog?) that surrounds the city, the rudeness of some people (most notably taxi drivers) and the constant slush falling from the sky. Upon leaving my apartment in Nanjing on Sunday morning, I promptly fell down a ramp into a giant snow pile. Dusting myself off, I continued to the school gate, where I caught a taxi immediately and thought, "Well now, this isn't so bad." How wrong I was. My direct bus to the
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