China

We got distracted by shopping on our way to the subway station. We don’t really need anything but after wearing the same two pairs of shoes for 6 months now, Nick flirted with the idea of replacing some. We’ve walked so many miles in our sneakers that the rubber is starting to wear down. It’s…

As forecasted, we woke up to drizzly rain. Luckily we had plenty of food from last night’s shop, so we had real coffee, cereal, and fruit. We took our time getting ready and did some art. When the rain let up I started getting cabin fever, so we decided to go to the “M50” area,…

I fear this Shanghai section of our trip will be so boring, but I’m writing the post for posterity. We woke up still feeling full of all our carbs and meat, so we skipped breakfast. Even Millie just ate an apple and then didn’t seem hungry for much else. I gave her some very fancy…

Another day of not doing too much. We only have instant coffee in the apartment so we got dressed and left to get some of the real stuff. It was 9:45 and we walked past two coffee shops that didn’t open until 11AM. What gives? Eventually we did find some and had some egg salad…

Nick needed a break today so I took Millie out to an indoor play center. She ended up loving it so much that we spent ALL day there. We left at about 10:30 this morning after a lot of lazing around and a long FaceTime with my parents. I asked if she’d rather take the…

You all know the drill of a transit day now. Wake up, breakfast, pack-up, taxi to airport. On our way in we saw the view of the mountain window we visited yesterday. This was our first time seeing it due to the clouds yesterday. Millie went through by herself. Once again I was very impressed…

Another day, another death defying trip in a cable car. We woke up to cooler weather and a light drizzle. After breakfast we weren’t rushing out into it. Millie played and drew for a while. She likes to pull up pictures on her iPad and draw them. She busted this one out of the zootopia…

China is pretty low on the hotel breakfast buffet rankings. It seems that a typical Chinese breakfast plate is corn on the cob, a hard boiled egg, and a whole boiled yam. It’s not for me. Turkey remains #1 so far, with all its fresh fruits and veggies, good bread, eggs, and at least 12…

We have no idea how to pronounce the name of the place we came to today. Even after asking multiple people and listening to recordings, we just mumble it and hope for the best. The day was quite uneventful. Typical hotel breakfast, pack up, taxi to train station, and 2.5 hour bullet train to a…

We had a majorly slow morning today. Millie slept in until 8:30 and then after breakfast we spent some time doing laundry and an audit of clothes that need to be left behind and/or replaced. Millie and I ran down to the mall that’s attached to our hotel and got new hair accessories. While there…