Have I died and gone to heaven?
That was my thought a week ago as I prepared for a 40 minute massage after an obscenely luxuriant shower. My aunt and uncle not only have a shower head that feels like you're under a waterfall, they also have a masseuse who comes to their apartment once a week. Breakfast was two slices of thick, hearty bread toasted and topped with blueberry jam and Nutella, respectively. Lunch, at the Carrefour foodcourt across the street, highlighted some of the local dumplings, along with some chow mein and a slice of the chocolate indulgence cake at one of the Western-themed (and priced) bakeries. I'd been introduced to the fitness room for the apartment complex and having put in some time and broken a sweat I felt a hot shower and a massage made a fitting end to the day.
It's now a week later and I've become quite accustomed to that bakery-made bread, the glorious showers, and many wonderful meals. A few of the highlights:
...and lowlights:
That was my thought a week ago as I prepared for a 40 minute massage after an obscenely luxuriant shower. My aunt and uncle not only have a shower head that feels like you're under a waterfall, they also have a masseuse who comes to their apartment once a week. Breakfast was two slices of thick, hearty bread toasted and topped with blueberry jam and Nutella, respectively. Lunch, at the Carrefour foodcourt across the street, highlighted some of the local dumplings, along with some chow mein and a slice of the chocolate indulgence cake at one of the Western-themed (and priced) bakeries. I'd been introduced to the fitness room for the apartment complex and having put in some time and broken a sweat I felt a hot shower and a massage made a fitting end to the day.
It's now a week later and I've become quite accustomed to that bakery-made bread, the glorious showers, and many wonderful meals. A few of the highlights:
- Annie whispering that our taxi driver sounded just like one of the creatures in Star Wars
- Lunch at Shanghai Grandma near The Bund: sweet and sour shrimp, eggplant and roasted vegetables, and a noodle dish
- Annie getting red Converse-knockoffs for less than half the price the woman wanted (the fact that it was all the cash we had on-hand worked in our favor when it came to bargaining)
- The full-scale model of Shanghai on display at the Shanghai Urban Planning Museum
...and lowlights:
- walking along The Bund (the picturesque riverfront) on a cloudy day in the freezing wind
- getting a cold and staying home sniffling and feeling blah
- seeing people with little birds that had been deep-fried whole (this was in the crowded market streets and I didn't actually see how they went about eating them - it was just a shock seeing the little head and beak sticking up out of the paper tray!)
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