JP's First Full Day in Shanghai

JP's impressions of his first day:
• What happened to Tuesday?
• I woke up after sleeping for 12 hours and was surprised that it actually felt like morning.
• I turned on the TV and came across a live NBA game called by Chinese commentators.
• As we walked the streets of the city I kept having to remind myself that we were in China and not just Chinatown.
• Robyn and I went out for breakfast at a French bakery that reminded me of Italy except everyone working there was Chinese.
• It was amazing to be on the subway full of people and be the only non Chinese.
• Jet lag sucks
• Math is hard. Currency conversion is like calculus: impossible.
• These people sure love car horns.
• Lala would love this place, hocking loogies in the street is totally legit.
• I really wish I had taken the time to learn more of the language. There are only so many uses for "The boy is running."

After breakfast we ventured downtown to People's Square.We decided to go check out the Urban Planning Museum as it was raining and going to a museum was the best/only option. The museum was 4 floors of models of the city. We know its not Japan but we couldn't help feeling like Godzilla. One exhibit was the history of the city and the rest was a giant ad for the Expo. They had a huge model of the city on one whole floor (pictured above). An entire wing featured the Pudong airport, which they seem to be really proud of. Another floor was dedicated to different designs submitted for the Expo.

After the museum we took a taxi to the Bund and walked along checking out the buildings that are situated on this famous riverfront. We stopped in at number 18 to have a very expensive snack and rest a bit. Then we took the Bund site seeing tunnel (pictured above) over to Pudong. The tunnel did NOT live up to the hype. The photo above is way cooler than the actual experience. (Betsey and David, we're not doing this again.) After this we took a taxi home to rest a bit before dinner.

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