Day 2 Shangahi This being typed up on the train to Olsztyn but I shall roll the clock back! Arrived in Shanghai on time at 7am to 27 degrees and “mist”..nice word for smog I think. Breezed thru customs okay and dropped bags into left luggage(90Yuan) and headed for city on Maglev. Cool train ride although it didn’t reach the promised 400kph plus..only got to 301kph. The noise when the other train meets it halfway is awesome! TRANSFERRED AT Longyang to metro line 2 and nailed the metro ticketing..it has an English button and touchscreen to select station etc. It was rsuhhour but it wasn’t as packed as say London. I WAS ABOUT THE ONLY NON Asian person on it it seemed and this trend ensued for most of the day on the train..lots of smiles
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