Pudong

Dumplings, Blue Sky, and Massage

/ Mona / 12 Comments

What a delightful day! My friends took me to Yang’s Fried-Dumplings, the Bund, and …. drum roll please …. the massage place! After my 3-hour meandering yesterday, I was slightly embarrassed when they guided me this afternoon. It seems that I had turned right when I should have turned left. However, the massage was well worth the wait.

In spite of my friend’s instructions about how to eat the dumplings, I managed to squirt the delicious juice all over me, the table, and the floor.
Yang’s Dumplings … Imagine how surprise I was to find the same just across the street from my hotel. It took 3/4 + via foot & subway to get to this one.
Shanghai Street (Nanjing Lu)
Most of my time in Shanghai was spent under grey skies. I was thankful for this beauty.
Incredible 90 massage costing about $30 (USD)
A pet? Or tomorrow’s lunch? This chicken was here…in the same spot, yesterday.

That chicken was still pecking away on the sidewalk along Wuding Lu.

All in all, a wonderful day in Shanghai, Thursday, June 21.

 

Shanghai

/ Mona / 4 Comments

I struggled with this image, trying to clean it up, make the buildings sharper, get rid of the mist, make the river look better…… and I finally realized that NO! this is what I saw and felt. I took this during my first day in China after a walk along Nanjing Lu. This is Shanghai in misty rain. I am looking at the Pudong Skyline located on the east side of the Huangpu River. Behind me are the beautiful old buildings of the Bund.

I was in China for 5 1/2 weeks and never saw the sun; occasionally I saw a hint of blue sky. Not every day was overcast like this, however; many days the skies were simply flat gray. I wonder if I stayed there for a year, would see the sun and blue skies? It must happen because I’ve seen spectacular images of blue, sunny, panoramic views. This image, though, is my experience. It casts a bit of mystical mood for me…a softness which I like.

Shanghai in mist