We were up and checked out of the hotel early to go shopping before heading to Shanghai. Yes shopping! This time it was to the Silk Markets. The Silk Markets are famous place for bargain shopping. What use to be an open air market in days gone by is now a 6-floor shopping mall. We were given great tips from the flight attendants – divide the shop owners opening price by 4! We bargained until we were blue in the face. Our tour guide was impressed with our skills – especially Linda. She even bought something because we negotiated the price down so low!
After another nice Chinese lunch we headed to the airport. The weather was a bit cooler but the city was covered in smog – yuck. When we arrived at the airport, our guide informed us that we would have to pay for each kilo over 20 kilos. Well, my suitcase weighted that before I left the states. So, we found a storage rental, took most of our shopping purchases and put them in an extra duffle I hauled from the states. We were quite a picture –suitcases open, scrambling around, pushing, shoving and zipping! We arrived at the counter at 1:15 and found out that there was a mistake with our flight time. The day before our 2:30 flight was cancelled and we were rescheduled to leave at 3:00, when w
e arrived we were old our flight left at 2:00! To make a long story short – we made it – but not without lots of negotiating on the part of our tour guide.
We arrived in Shanghai in awe. It is a city of high rises and sky scrapers – it goes on for miles and miles. In fact, we have not seen the end of it – we are staying in the middle of the city and in every direction all we see are sky scrapers. Linda has stated Shanghai makes New York City look tiny. Our room is amazing. We are on the 18th floor with one wall all windows. The view is spectacular overlooking the Yuyuan area, the old city area and markets.
We spent the evening on our own walking around – but we became tired REALLY quickly of the non stop harassment by the vendors. We called it a night and headed back to the sanctuary of our home away from home.
After another nice Chinese lunch we headed to the airport. The weather was a bit cooler but the city was covered in smog – yuck. When we arrived at the airport, our guide informed us that we would have to pay for each kilo over 20 kilos. Well, my suitcase weighted that before I left the states. So, we found a storage rental, took most of our shopping purchases and put them in an extra duffle I hauled from the states. We were quite a picture –suitcases open, scrambling around, pushing, shoving and zipping! We arrived at the counter at 1:15 and found out that there was a mistake with our flight time. The day before our 2:30 flight was cancelled and we were rescheduled to leave at 3:00, when w
e arrived we were old our flight left at 2:00! To make a long story short – we made it – but not without lots of negotiating on the part of our tour guide.We arrived in Shanghai in awe. It is a city of high rises and sky scrapers – it goes on for miles and miles. In fact, we have not seen the end of it – we are staying in the middle of the city and in every direction all we see are sky scrapers. Linda has stated Shanghai makes New York City look tiny. Our room is amazing. We are on the 18th floor with one wall all windows. The view is spectacular overlooking the Yuyuan area, the old city area and markets.
We spent the evening on our own walking around – but we became tired REALLY quickly of the non stop harassment by the vendors. We called it a night and headed back to the sanctuary of our home away from home.
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