Day 3 in Shang-hai
On Friday day 3 Yay more sightseeing. But not without our free delicious breakfast. They use some kind of spices in China I have yet to find but I will. That makes any dish taste amazing. I was eating snap peas and cauliflower like it was going out of style. Today we decided to do some more shopping for souvenirs. We were going to a place a lady had suggested. It turned out to be a mall and it turned out to be a mall ! Where you couldn't bargain! We promptly walked out. Not knowing where we were going we just followed the crowd of Chinese people. We were led out to a residential area. We saw real Shang-hai which was kind of cool. Little kids running around. While walking around I heard this loud constant noise. Cicadas. I haven't heard them in forever. My goodness they are so loud. We walked around to look for a bank because we wanted to buy more things. Unfortunately our cards didn't work. So we went to Yuyuan Gardens. As soon as we got there people were looking at us. Like stopping and staring. It was very strange.
We walked around the outside which is the bazaar. There were lots of little stores, selling a great variety of souvenirs. While heading for the garden Charlie stopped to get film for her camera. I was taking pictures and videos. While taking pictures I saw a man walking around me. I held my bag tighter because apparently in large crowds in China there are pickpockets. The man came up to me and said "Wow. Beautiful. I love you" I replied, "Thank you." and walked away from him. I walked over to Charlie who was oblivious. But he had followed me over. Charlie said he fluffed up my ponytail, but I didn't feel it. He came around saying I love you again and started touching my arm. He asked me where I was from, and I told him I was from Korea. He looked at me like I was crazy and he said "Africa ?" Finally realizing what he meant I told him I was from America. I think he said something about liking Obama. Then after a few more I love yous he left me alone. Since some places con tourists the people in the Bazaar did not take 100's and make change. So we had to go make change. There was a Starbucks near by so we went to get change. I had an amazing passion fruit lemon tea. Soooo good thank you Starbucks. Charlie choose seats in front of a big picture window. While Charlie went to buy the film I noticed people outside were staring at me. Then came the cameras. By this time Charlie had come back. People were taking pictures of us sitting there in the window. I kept my head down, but Charlie got very upset and yelled not to take pictures. We were inside so I think the picture was pretty funny of her waving her arms around.
While in Starbucks Charlie saw smoke and said it was a sign there was a temple and we should visit. While in the temple we discovered a tea house and we had had tea together in China. After that I discovered that my monthly visitor was here. =( I had cramps. We sped through the Yuyan gardens tea house. But we didn't go to the gardens. We were trying to save money cause I wanted to get souvenirs. All the while we were getting our pictures taken. Only one group of girls asked us. Everyone else just positioned themselves around us so we would be in the picture. One time after I figured out what they were doing I turned my back. They kept moving around me trying to get my face in the picture and I just kept turning my back. I felt like I was being followed by the paparazzi. Finally Charlie started snapping pictures of the people taking our picture. They didn't like that too much. One picture that unfortunately did not come out was a man who was taking a picture of himself but was trying to get me in the picture and Charlie is taking a picture of him. We walked around got deals on souvenirs and headed home.
I was happy to be going because the cramps were kicking in hardcore. Plus we were gonna get Peking duck yay finally Chinese food. But by the time we got home, found out where there was duck, and started getting ready. Our friends from Korea who were in China wanted to go out for drinks. So it was either that or duck. *Sigh* No Chinese food =(. We went early to see if we could find some food. We found street food mmm lamb on a stick. The seasoning was amazing Charlie and I were licking the skewers. Our friends showed up and we went for drinks and wandered around. After all the wondering we went back to Zapatas and had a great time. Trying to get a taxi ride home. Outside the club were cabs. We got into a cab and handed the driver the hotel card. He started talking to himself. Then he tried to make a u-turn in the middle of this tiny street. Other cabs were blocking him in. The security at the club were yelling at him. So we got out the cab and promptly got into another cab. Charlie warned other people that were about to get into his cab about him and being a bit off. Yay for night 3 in China
We walked around the outside which is the bazaar. There were lots of little stores, selling a great variety of souvenirs. While heading for the garden Charlie stopped to get film for her camera. I was taking pictures and videos. While taking pictures I saw a man walking around me. I held my bag tighter because apparently in large crowds in China there are pickpockets. The man came up to me and said "Wow. Beautiful. I love you" I replied, "Thank you." and walked away from him. I walked over to Charlie who was oblivious. But he had followed me over. Charlie said he fluffed up my ponytail, but I didn't feel it. He came around saying I love you again and started touching my arm. He asked me where I was from, and I told him I was from Korea. He looked at me like I was crazy and he said "Africa ?" Finally realizing what he meant I told him I was from America. I think he said something about liking Obama. Then after a few more I love yous he left me alone. Since some places con tourists the people in the Bazaar did not take 100's and make change. So we had to go make change. There was a Starbucks near by so we went to get change. I had an amazing passion fruit lemon tea. Soooo good thank you Starbucks. Charlie choose seats in front of a big picture window. While Charlie went to buy the film I noticed people outside were staring at me. Then came the cameras. By this time Charlie had come back. People were taking pictures of us sitting there in the window. I kept my head down, but Charlie got very upset and yelled not to take pictures. We were inside so I think the picture was pretty funny of her waving her arms around.
While in Starbucks Charlie saw smoke and said it was a sign there was a temple and we should visit. While in the temple we discovered a tea house and we had had tea together in China. After that I discovered that my monthly visitor was here. =( I had cramps. We sped through the Yuyan gardens tea house. But we didn't go to the gardens. We were trying to save money cause I wanted to get souvenirs. All the while we were getting our pictures taken. Only one group of girls asked us. Everyone else just positioned themselves around us so we would be in the picture. One time after I figured out what they were doing I turned my back. They kept moving around me trying to get my face in the picture and I just kept turning my back. I felt like I was being followed by the paparazzi. Finally Charlie started snapping pictures of the people taking our picture. They didn't like that too much. One picture that unfortunately did not come out was a man who was taking a picture of himself but was trying to get me in the picture and Charlie is taking a picture of him. We walked around got deals on souvenirs and headed home.
I was happy to be going because the cramps were kicking in hardcore. Plus we were gonna get Peking duck yay finally Chinese food. But by the time we got home, found out where there was duck, and started getting ready. Our friends from Korea who were in China wanted to go out for drinks. So it was either that or duck. *Sigh* No Chinese food =(. We went early to see if we could find some food. We found street food mmm lamb on a stick. The seasoning was amazing Charlie and I were licking the skewers. Our friends showed up and we went for drinks and wandered around. After all the wondering we went back to Zapatas and had a great time. Trying to get a taxi ride home. Outside the club were cabs. We got into a cab and handed the driver the hotel card. He started talking to himself. Then he tried to make a u-turn in the middle of this tiny street. Other cabs were blocking him in. The security at the club were yelling at him. So we got out the cab and promptly got into another cab. Charlie warned other people that were about to get into his cab about him and being a bit off. Yay for night 3 in China
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