After a a flight from Gatwick, London to Dubai, then on to Shanghai after a 7 hour crossover wait, LAuren and I were picked up by Olina and her dad at Pudong Airport. We were driven by her dad's diver from Shanghai to Jiangyin, Wuxi her city. The journey should have been 2 hours, but traffic made it four. And were were knackered. Straight away we sat down to a meal in a restauran with the parents and driver, to a pick and mix chopstick buffet of: fish, shrimp/prawn, sweet cure goose legs, jellyfish, various veg, beef, noodles and probably some other things too, with watermelon to finish. This feast was topped today when we had a similar variety at lunch with the boss of where Olina's parents work. We've had a quick taste of the
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