Shanghai! I LOVE this place!
We took a bullet train from Beijing. It was very clean and comfortable and the ride was really smooth. I didn’t even know we were going so fast until my mom pointed out the monitors that showed our speed – 198 miles per hour!
We took the wrong exit from the subway, but immediately walked into a STARBUCKS!!! I got a vanilla frappuccino and some vanilla macaroons! The workers were so friendly and my parents were really happy to get some coffee. My mom brought some via packets, but they ran out a long time ago and she now knows why tea comes in lined packets and sealed canisters! All the tea she brought from home is in Ziploc bags and it just colors the water now and tastes like nothing.
Our hotel had a wonderful view of Pudong and part of the Bund. We headed out to see the sights and do a walking tour. There was a tower named after Big Ben and a lot of other cool buildings. We went into the 5 star hotel that the people in charge of destroying all of China’s old relics stayed in while they were ordering everything wrecked. We ate at the Pizza Hut and had dessert at the Haagen Dazs! My parents felt guilt about the Papa Johns thing in Beijing!
We went to a traditional teahouse that was on a marble bridge overlooking the goldfish pond. It was really nice! We all ordered teas with fun names – my dad got the Jasmine Fairy, my mom got Golden Lotus with Jade Sleeves and I got the Dragon Well tea. Mine was awful! My dad won’t stop harping about it because mine cost more than $20 – US dollars! I mostly had my mom and dad’s teas – his was the best. The leaves opened to show a red flower and the red flower opened to show a string of small jasmine flowers. My mom’s was nice too. I bravely ate all the tofu tea snacks to make up for not drinking my tea.
We took the wrong exit from the subway, but immediately walked into a STARBUCKS!!! I got a vanilla frappuccino and some vanilla macaroons! The workers were so friendly and my parents were really happy to get some coffee. My mom brought some via packets, but they ran out a long time ago and she now knows why tea comes in lined packets and sealed canisters! All the tea she brought from home is in Ziploc bags and it just colors the water now and tastes like nothing. 
Our hotel had a wonderful view of Pudong and part of the Bund. We headed out to see the sights and do a walking tour. There was a tower named after Big Ben and a lot of other cool buildings. We went into the 5 star hotel that the people in charge of destroying all of China’s old relics stayed in while they were ordering everything wrecked. We ate at the Pizza Hut and had dessert at the Haagen Dazs! My parents felt guilt about the Papa Johns thing in Beijing!The next day we got up early and headed out to the Costa café for breakfast. I had a croissant and apple juice and my parents order these giant coffees. We decided to visit the Yu Yuan gardens. It was really hot so we were glad to find another Starbucks! 1 vanilla frappuccino and some iced coffee later, we were ready to go. The area around the garden was really beautiful too. It was all these really nice shops and restaurants surrounding a lake with ducks, tons of goldfish and turtles.
It was wonderful inside the gardens There were little vase shaped archways, moon gates and lots of lovely pavilions. Water lilies and carp ornamented every pond and canal. After walking around and admiring all the wonderful we head back out into the market and ate delicious fried noodles and some rice.
We went to a traditional teahouse that was on a marble bridge overlooking the goldfish pond. It was really nice! We all ordered teas with fun names – my dad got the Jasmine Fairy, my mom got Golden Lotus with Jade Sleeves and I got the Dragon Well tea. Mine was awful! My dad won’t stop harping about it because mine cost more than $20 – US dollars! I mostly had my mom and dad’s teas – his was the best. The leaves opened to show a red flower and the red flower opened to show a string of small jasmine flowers. My mom’s was nice too. I bravely ate all the tofu tea snacks to make up for not drinking my tea.We walked around the market streets some more, just enjoying the scene.
I really love Shanghai!
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