Saturday, August 23, 2008

Exploring Shanghai

After our marathon travel adventure (19 hours in flight, 11 hours waiting in airports, 3 hours traveling to/from airports) we crashed yesterday at 4 PM. I should say Eric crashed at 4 PM, I made it an extra 40 viruous minutes before succumbing to sleep. :)

The problem with going to bed in the mid-afternoon is that you wake up mid-night, fully refreshed. I was mostly awake at 1:30 AM, but forced myself to stay in bed until 4:30 AM. We're waiting around for the breakfast buffet to open at 6:30 AM. Since we missed dinner last night, we are starved!

Today is a free day to sightsee. We're going to go see the old town of Shanghai, Xintiandi. We're also going to check out the Yu Yuan gardens. Later this evening, we'll walk along the Bund River, which is supposed to be beautiful at night; they light the buildings for full effect.

1 comment:

Dave said...

Great update! Can't wait for pics of the three of you together. Be sure to try some bugs on a stick at the market.
zhù nǐ háoyùn!

- Dave