After our whirlwind trip to Beijing and pearl shopping
extravaganza, we decided to spend the remainder of my parents’ trip enjoying
what Shanghai had to offer.
After sleeping in on Friday, we headed to People’s Square to
visit the Shanghai Museum. Luckily the
pigeon feed man was out, so we were able to capture a few good shots of kiddos
feeding the birds.
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| Many people love feeding the pigeons in People's Square park. |
After bird time, my parents enjoyed seeing thousands of
years worth of Chinese artifacts.
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| A Chinese dragon looms over visitors in the Shanghai Museum. |
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| Mom enjoyed seeing the Jade gallery on the 4th floor of the museum. |
After people’s square we headed to the grocery store to
stock up on popcorn and salad for our Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner/ movie
marathon. I learned a valuable lesson:
DON’T go to the grocery store the day before Chinese New Year’s Eve. Imagine your grocery store the Wednesday
before Thanksgiving, and multiply the number of shoppers by 20.
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| I have never seen so many people swarming a grocery store! |
Many venues shut down on Saturday afternoon, but we were
able to squeeze in a trip to Taiking Lu for a little shopping and lunch at More
than Toilet.
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| These were our comfy lunch thrones. |
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| Mom eats a chocolatey desert out of a squattie. |
Later that afternoon, we had a movie marathon, and ate some
lucky noodles for Chinese New Year. After
dinner, my parents got to catch a cocktail and watch fireworks with many of our
Shanghai friends at Char. It was great to
see my Western fam to meet my Eastern friends!
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| It was great to celebrate New Year with my parents. |
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| Around midnight, amateur fireworks displays erupted all over the city. The fireworks lasted for a good two weeks!! |
New Year’s day, we headed to mass in Chinese New Year (and
Catholic) tradition and then headed to Yu Gardens in search of a Dragon and
Lion dance. Unfortunately we did not
catch a dance, but we did see Yu Gardens in all of its glory!
After eleven days of fun, Mom and Dad headed home on Monday
afternoon. It was so wonderful to see
them, and I hope they come back soon!
