Thursday, July 15, 2010

Day 4 - Shanghai/Nanjing

Day 2 of the Shanghai World Expo - Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Bosnia and Belarus. Seven-hour wait for the Japan pavilion was impossible; hot humid weather was suffocating; shoving locals were literally everywhere and cutting queues. Why do parents inflict on their children this kind of unnecessary discomfort by dragging them here if they will not remember anything from the expo? Starbucks haven to shelter from the rain and to rest our feet =). Ferry ride back to Puxi - people running into the ferry, we whipped out our colorful stools while waiting in line, a kid sprint to snatch my stool in a split second as I got up to take a photo. Free wi-fi at the Cisco pavilion =) =). Train to Nanjing; curry-flavored, almond-flavored, milk-flavored, tomato-flavored pocky. Lump in my throat, falling sick I am. Midnight supper of xiehuang bao (big xiaolong bao). Foot massage in the early a.m. to dissolve the painful memories from all the walking at the Shanghai World Expo =) =) =). Hello, Nanjing!



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