Robin, using the USA power converter near the desk to do her
hair for our adventures today.
Due to our jet lag, we all awoke at around 3:30 this morning....Pauly and Robin
decided to take a walk down through Shanghai. It was in the high 20's low
30's......brrrr!
Just don't do it! :)
Robin all bundled up on her and Pauly's morning walk.
Our first snow sighting in China......gross.
Pearl TV tower and more shots of Pauly and Robin's early morning walk.....they walked about a mile around Shanghai.
Heading down to get breakfast and for those of you who don't
know
Lily broke her arm the other day at the top near her shoulder, that is why she
is in a sling.
Pauly's Breakfast at the Shanghai Mansion. Herring,
Kimchi, Raw Salmon with diced
onions and capers, squid salad,
fried rice and noodles along with a meat dumpling, "100 year old" egg and bean
curd, and nasty coffee (yea, we had to make a Starbucks run to make up for
that.)
Paul Sr.'s breakfast.
Pauly...round two.....yes that is a tentacle at the top of the plate.
Robin, Sarah and Lily admiring the view.
Some views from our room.
Making some calls via Skype.
Driving to the Bund.
For my CF IT guys. :)
The Bund walkway.
Us by the Huangpu River.
Robin's favorite building is the Pearl TV tower.
Big Ben mock-up. The Bund was heavily influenced by British culture.
Big boat. :)
Robin and Sarah, all bundled up.
The Bund.
A memorial to those who Liberated China.
After our tour of The Bund, we went to a teahouse for a tea ceremony (tasting).
During the tea ceremony.....that is our guide in the back,
Sophie.
She is really sweet and we will miss her when we part ways tomorrow.
Tea lady, making tea for us.
Robin enjoying tea and Paul trying to pick peanuts out of his teeth. :)
I am not quite sure if Lily could take a bad picture.....she is adorable in this one. She enjoyed tasting the tea.
Pauly and Robin walking through one of the parks after the teahouse.
Lily looks so cute in her puffy pink jacket!
Next stop Yuyuan Gardens.
The walk to the Yuyuan Gardens.
and the pit-stop before the Yuyuan Gardens.....mmmmmm.....Carmel Macchiato.
The entrance into the Yuyuan Gardens.
Yuyuan Garden pictures.
America's next top models. :)
Sophie, our guide explaining one of the carvings on the wall of Yuyuan Gardens.
200 year old Gingko tree.
Robin's first encounter with a "squatty potty."
We put Paul on clean up duty.....crazy broom!
The Yuyuan Gardens were beautiful!
The Gardens were protected from evil spirits by this dragon.
Old swords from the farmer's revolution in China.
Pretty! :)
Inside the study of the Yuyuan Gardens.
Some of these gold fish were 60+ years old!
Us at the Gardens with Sophie.
This was an ancient stage used for performing.....I do believe
that someone special to Sarah requested that shot...... :)
There you go Mrs. Marcy.
Daddy and Lily. :)
Driving from Yuyuan Gardens.
Really? Yea, that's what we thought too.
This was a building influenced by French architecture.
Driving to Lunch......prepare any weak stomach's we dove right in some........different cuisine.
River eel......with LOTS of dry spices....This dish numbed the mouth.
Cow stomach and strips of cow throat served chilled with cucumbers.
Cows throat.
A delicious frog dish.
Dad eating cow stomach.
Robin eating eel.....next stop Pearl Factory.
One of the workers showing us how to harvest a pearl.
MASSIVE jade boat.
Then we walked around a bit.....Austin, how would you like to be navigating this crowd?
Very beautiful as the sun was going down and the building lights were being turned on....This is the Nan Jing road, a shopping area.
Josh, I know its kinda blurry, but this is for you!
Dinner, nothing crazy, but Lily was able to use chop sticks for the first time! :) GO LILY!
What a cutie.
So that was our 2nd day....I hope nobody's computer died while trying to load this massive page. We did a lot of site-seeing and are exhausted.
Tomorrow's Agenda: Train ride from Shanghai to Hanghzou, which is about 2 1/2 hours.
P.S. Be on the lookout for a special something..... a flitan of sorts.....and you are going to have to work for this......look up flitan if you don't know what it means. :)