By a stroke of good luck (and a bit of hard work) i find myself on a company trip with some colleagues to Shanghai once again, barely two months since i was last there!
Found this lovely hotel, Gallery Suites in the charming French Concession area. It's a refurbished 1933 art deco building along Heng Shan Lu and approximately 10 minutes walk to Xu Jia Hui metro stop. I love it!
Did the touristy thing this time and headed to Yu Yuan/ Cheng Huang Miao area for the famous Nan Xiang xiaolongbao, even though every Singaporean who's tried it says they prefer the ones to the likes of Crystal Jade or Din Tai Fung back home.
Then walked along Nanjing Lu, just about what every tourist does in Shanghai too.
The refurbished Peace Hotel (He Ping Fan Dian). We weren't allowed to take pictures inside but anyway I thought i preferred the old interior.
View of the Pearl of the Orient TV tower outside Peace Hotel at the end of Nanjing Lu towards the Bund.
Crossing over from Nanjing Lu to the Bund (外滩) on Puxi side of the Huangpu river in Shanghai. It was freezing! Us, not the river.
Impressive collection of art deco styled buildings housing mostly banks it seems. I love how wikipedia has a complete street elevation drawing that names each of the building along the bund.
Night view of the Lujiazui Financial District in Pudong across the Huangpu River. And yes, that IS the real moon.
I don't know what the boys were up to while on our way to dinner.
Me, i was just pretending to see how it feels like to come home to a super posh mansion on the bund.
Fusion dinner at M on the Bund on the 7th Storey at 20 Guangdong Lu.
Since it got dark pretty early, we were continuously surprised by how early the time on our watches showed. Decided it was too nice a night to head back even though it was past 10pm, so we cabbed to Xin Tian Di for coffee, while waiting for Chris to arrive.
I have no idea why Aristo is offering me 10 yuan for taking his picture.
"Children, off to bed now, children!" Trying out Aristo's spectacles.
Next: Shanghai Day 2
1 comment:
10 yuan is not much, is it? hehe
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