It's been raining a lot, and one day we woke up to find water on our bedroom floor near the window. We let the housekeeper know (she comes in every day to empty the trash cans and wave a broom around), and she passed the word along. Later in the day, we found this note had been slid under our door:
We felt reassured to a certain extent...
On the corner down the street from us, right across from the main entrance to our university, there is "street dancing" - sometimes referred to as "square dancing" because they are dancing on an open square. The music is festive and fun to watch. It's mostly older women, which is common in China, but our corner has a rather different flair than other square dances we've heard of. They set up a fake fire with a horizontal fan and lights under some red tissue paper "flames." Men participate, too, in cowboy hats and with skirts over their pants. Some people have bells.
There's an Apple store going in near us. It's about 5 feet wide and 16 feet deep - which is about the size of the dry cleaners, the barber shop, the hardware store, and several "take out" food places...
And we finally were caught up enough with planning our classes and getting organized to go exploring a little farther beyond our neighborhood. The "Bund," a major business district and tourist stop - kind of the "Times Square" of Shanghai, is not far from where we live - yet an entirely different world. We are in a suburb off the beaten path and in a much more affordable area. But this was fun to walk along The Bund, see the Shanghai Tower (the second tallest building in the world), the Pearl Tower, the Russian consulate, and eat dumplings.
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| The Pearl Tower on the left is just over 1500 feet tall. The Shanghai Tower on the right is over 2000 feet tall. |
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| Ant's eye view of the Pearl Tower at night |
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| Consulate General of the Russian Federation - in this building since 1917. |
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| The Bund is a popular place for wedding pictures. We saw several, but this one was the most colorful. |
And we found 100 flavors of ice cream! Flavors from all over the world! Baskin-Robbins, eat your heart out!
We also found our local (3 subway stops from us) WalMart. And we are not in Arkansas (or Iowa) anymore!
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| The deli has ducks! |
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| Individually wrapped everything! Must go in school lunches? |
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| And, of course, dried duck tongues - Great Value brand! |
2 comments:
Great value brand duck tongues! What a deal. It's a good thing you two are food adventurous!
Kathy and Steve: Well, we didn't exactly buy any. Nor did we buy any of the live fish or turtles from the Walmart tanks. Or the dried fish in huge bins...
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