Here is a little update of what we got up to here in Shanghai :)
On Saturday we wandered around the French Concession, an area developed by the French in the 19th century. It is very pretty - lots of tree lined roads with little shops and cafes. The cocktails at the restaurant below were very well deserved after a few hours of walking!
We then went into Fuxing Park where we enjoyed looking at the fountains and lakes, as well as the spontaneous dancing and maraca playing that seems to be typical in Chinese parks!
This woman really knew how to shake a maraca with style!
We really threw ourselves into the tourist life on Monday and Tuesday after buying tickets for an open top bus tour! I really enjoyed it - it is a great way of seeing the big sights and it helped me get my bearings a bit better. It included entry into the Jin Mao tower and the Jade Budda temple, which were both very interesting.
An added benefit of the bus tour was that it helped us get away from the hoards of people that were in the city for the Golden Week holiday. Everywhere you went you were fighting with hundreds of other people for space on the pavement - unlike anything I have seen here so far!
On the Monday night Charlotte and I treated ourselves to a night on the Bund. We went to a restaurant called New Heights which was very fancy! Fantastic food, wine, views and company! Can't ask for much more!
It was a great way to end our tourist trip around Shanghai...next stop BEIJING!
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