I would like to say my 3rd day in Shanghai was very successful!

I went to the Science and Technology Museum – well not in it but to it so that I could do some awesome underground shopping. I went to Jade Buddha Temple and met up with a friend of mine where we went to an awesome dinner and to a live Jazz Bar.

Here is the outside of the Science and Technology Museum.

Underground there was a whole bunch of shopping with a whole bunch of fake goods. I didn’t care about getting fake name brands, but just wanted to shop. And let me say I’m really good at bargaining!

I got 2 pairs of fake uggs and slippers for under $70 U.S. I got 2 iphone covers, 1 screen protector and an 8gb usb stick for under $20. and 2 bags for my mom for under $20. I got a lot more but those are my most proud purchases because I think I got a great deal on them

After shopping and dropping off all my goodies at the hotel, I went to Jade Buddha Temple.

Here’s the outside of the Temple.

Inside.

There were a bunch of different Buddhas.

There’s little Buddhas in all the shelves.

People wrote on these papers then threw them into the fires.

Cleaning up some of the ashes.

After the Jade Buddha Temple, I was able to meet up with one of my buddies Jamison and meet his wife Patti. They’re so cute together and we went to an awesome dinner around the hotel. I think it was called 1221?

Here we are before dinner.

After dinner we went to an area that translated as Heaven and Earth and went to a live Jazz Bar.

It was good music and good drinks.

Me and Jamison happened to get the girliest drinks there were that happened to come in champaign glasses.

I would say this was one of our more successful 5  days in Shanghai.

xoxo

Chrissy Kim

Day 2 of Lunar New years, I went to People’s Square. I think it was People’s Square anyways (got off at the subway stop that said People’s Square and followed the signs).

Something that everyone learned on this trip, people don’t mind getting their pictures taken. They’ll even pose, or pose their children for the photo.

I think its really interesting the way people dress up their children. They bundle them all up, but then there is an open flap at the butt. You can kind of tell that this baby has one, because you can see its diaper poking out from the bottom.

Fire hydrants.

My favorite part- stores! I only bought Jasmine tea for my family here. There were soo many people!

A little girl on her dad’s shoulder eating cotton candy. The cotton candy covers her whole face!

It’s the year of the Rabbit.

I was wondering if it looked like this all year round, or just for the New Year week.

I had to include this picture because I was in Color Guard in high school, so it just brought back some memories.

These toys are pretty popular, even in Korea. I see these things getting sold wherever they sell children’s toys. Its inflatable. I guess it’s like dragging a pet.

A little kid playing with a rubrics cube on the sidewalk.

Hmm… I wonder what this guy is selling..

He’s selling fur.

I really wanted to eat street food, but the last time I was in China, I was the only one that got street food and got sick.. So i decided not to eat anything off the street.

Outside of a restaurant, a little boy eating noodles!

Super cute!

Back to Nanjing Road. There was a building and it’s window display was an aquarium. There were sharks and turtles and fish

Now this is how the street is supposed to look like (not like the night before).

There’s still some more photos from my Shanghai trip to come!

xoxo

Chrissy Kim

For Lunar New Years (year of the Rabbit) I decided to go to Shanghai!

The first night, I went to Nanjing Road and to the Bund (Huangpu River)

The city was just soo bright! There were lights everywhere.

Apparently, the city was pretty empty. The first night on Nanjing Road was what I liked, and then the next day, it was super crowded where you couldn’t not bump into people as you were walking.

The shopping area on Nanjing Road. It was pretty empty. Probably because it was late, everything was close, and it was a holiday.

At The Bund (the west bank of the Huangpu River).

I think that’s Mao.

The I <3 SH reminded me of the I <3 NY shirts.

All the buildings were brightly lit. And most of them lit a yellow orange color.

Some type of sculpture.

I love reflections.

That’s it for the first night in Shanghai.

That first night, we headed back to the Hotel around 10 pm. And there were just firewords going off everywhere. Fireworks are highly LEGAL in Shanghai, so everyone had them and firecrackers. So for a good 3-4 hours, they were going off non stop!

The next post will be the 2nd day in Shanghai. Where I went to People’s Square, did a little bit of shopping, walked down random roads, Jade Buddah temple, and a Jazz bar!

xoxo

Chrissy Kim