One Night in Shanghai!



The view from our hotel

Well, we got to downtown Shanghai yesterday at about 5pm.  Since it was Saturday, it was quite busy.  We were planning to got to the Yuyuan Gardens, but by the time we got there, it was closed.  Instead we just walked around the area and looked in shops.  Brian is in front of a tea house here, just outside of the gardens.  We were really hungry by the time we got downtown.  There were Pizza Huts, McDonald's, Dairy Queen and even Starbucks, but we decided to go with the crowd and have steamed dumplings.  The line for the steamed dumplings at one shop was about 30 minutes long, so we decided they must be the best.  They were really good.  Tasted like they had some kind of sausage in the center. 
We got back to our hotel at about 8pm and took a shower and crashed into bed.  I really didn't sleep at all the two days before we left and neither of us got much sleep on the 14 hour plane ride, so we fell asleep right away.  We woke up around 5am here and laid in bed for a while.  We got up around 7am and ate breakfast in the hotel - Western style. : )  But we did both try some "Chinese" breakfast food from the buffet.  Brian's ribs were tastier than my pumpkin porridge!
We are on our way to the other airport in Shanghai now.  At least we just have to get on one train and take it all the way to the end.  We took way too much luggage.  Hopefully we actually use all the stuff we brought!!!
I let you know when we get to Shijiazhung, Hebei this afternoon.