After visited M50 we travelled by metro to go to Zhai Laoshi’s house! She just moved into her apartment two weeks ago and we were her first guests. We also got to meet her husband. …
Shanghai
Martial Arts Museum, Tea Market, Bund Cruise
On Thursday, we had our last class with Mark and each of us got to share our favorite memories of the trip! It was really fun reliving memories with everyone and we all went over …
Karaoke and the Jewish Refugee Museum
On Monday we visited the Tianzifang Art District. There were a lot of really cute shops down small alley ways, but a group of us had to pick up our tailored clothes from the fabric …
Paradise City and the Marriage Market
On Saturday, we were up at 5:00AM to catch a train to Hangzhou the “Paradise City”. This was my first train that I’ve ever taken. The Chinese used to say, “There is Heaven, and then …
外国人！(Foreigners!)
上海 Blog #24 二零一五年六月十三号星期六 Saturday June 13th, 2015 Local Time: 23:12 Shanghai Time Even though it was 4pm in Wisconsin when I got up this morning at 5am in Shanghai, it still pretty much sucked. …
Clean Shoes, Clean Feet
上海 Blog #23 二零一五年六月十二号星期五 Friday June 12th, 2015 Local Time: 21:57 Shanghai Time ZhuJiaJiao is a little preserved water town about an hour outside of Shanghai by bus. The place has naturally been converted into …
Would You Believe It’s the Great Wall?
上海 Blog #22 二零一五年六月十一号星期四 Thursday June 11th, 2015 Local Time: 23:19 Shanghai Time Mark was sick today, so we got to sleep in. I hate to say it, but yay! I sort of needed a …
The Port, Pet Market, and Preserved Water town
On Wednesday, June 10th we visited the Port of Shanghai, the largest port in Asia! It was crazy to see the thousands of containers spread across the tiny island, almost as far as the eye …
Bridge to Another World
上海 Blog #21 二零一五年六月十号星期三 Wednesday June 10th, 2015 Local Time: 23:19 Shanghai Time Today we drove two hours to 东海port, which is the largest deep water sea port in China. The most notable part of …
West Meets East
上海 Blog #20 二零一五年六月九号星期二 Tuesday June 9th, 2015 Local Time: 20:29 Shanghai Time I’ll admit the French concession was a bit boring. The history behind it was cool though. Turns out the Shanghaiese government willing …