Being in an Asian country it's cheap to bounce around to other Asian countries. My friend and I decided to go to Shang-hai, China. We are both shoppers and that's what Shang-hai's got in spades. We'd been talking about this trip since May and finallllly it was time to go. Wednesday we left on an 8:55 flight bound for Shang-hai. Can we say excited !!!!!!!! It's only a 2 hour plane ride to a whole other country! Once arriving in Shang-hai we went through customs and immigration. We grabbed our luggage and headed for the door. Yay whole new country here we come. We procure a cab and are headed to our hotel. We look around and.... it reminds me of every other city I've been to =( . Cars and tall buildings. Not sure what I was expecting, perhaps people walking around in rice paddies with hats on and those balance baskets on their shoulders. I noticed in China all the taxis are Volkswagen's which I thought was pretty funny. There are more variety of cars there from everywhere. The cab ride was an hour and our driver got lost but we reached our destination Hotel Carolina. We checked in and went to our room. As soon as we got there I tested out the bed. Oh so comfortable. Koreans used to and still do sleep on floors, so hence their beds are not so comfortable. The bed are down right uncomfortable. I wake up some days feeling like I got into a fight and the bed won. But the beds at the Carolina soooooo comfy. I told Charlene about the bed and she sunk into the luxuriousness too.
Needless to say little sleep and a very comfortable bed makes for 2 sleepy people, that wake up 5 hours later. After that refreshing nap (or what my sister would call a sleep) we looked in our info about Shanghai for some place to go. We decided on Zapata's. It's a restaurant/ bar that is popular among Chinese and expats alike. We had the hotel call us a cab and write the name of the place we wanted to go and we were on our way. While on the way there I noticed the amazing architecture and the bright lights of Shang-hai also referred to as the Paris of Asia. Once at Zapata's we walked around a little exploring and then went in. As you can tell Zapata's is Spanish, not Chinese. Soooo my first night in Shanghai no Chinese food. I had pork burritos that were so unbelievably good. The seasoning was excellent. While there lo and behold. Wednesday is ladies night and you know what that means FREEE MARGARITA'S!!!!!!!!! How fortunate for us?
After dinner and letting it settle for a few we hit the dance floor. We had soo much fun dancing, my friend even got up and danced on the bar. There were so many different people there I met a guy from France who compared my dancing to Shakira and said I was the best dancer in the whole restaurant. *blush* There was a Chinese girl who grew up in France, people from New York, and , Australia. It was a pleasant mix. Though I don't understand why ex-pats can be so rude to one another. While walking around we saw a few foreigners and they looked right through us or gave us dirty looks. That happens here in Korea a lot. I don't see why we can't be nice to each other, because when it comes down to it, we're all each others got, but I digress. Zapata's was awesome. Around 2 we made our way home. When we got back to the hotel we had to change rooms because our room had a problem with the toilet. The room we were moved into seemed a little smaller but after all that dancing I didn't care and fell right into bed. Charlene on the other hand did not like the room at all. She decided the beds were too hard and since she still had her key to the other room went to sleep there for the night. So our first night in Shang-hai was a success we navigated well around the city and we had a great time. This was only the beginning of our trip.
Bathroom
1st hotel room
Charlie and I at the airport in Korea
I'm in Shanghai !!!!
At Zapata's food was soooo good
Charlie and I before going out
I've perfected pictures in the mirror
1ST ROOM
