GuyInShanghai: 6/15 - More Shanghai Sightseeing!!!!!

My cousin and I woke up around 8, and she came over shortly after. We ate a light breakfast (which included these awesome shengjianbao, which is basically a fried xiaolongbao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).

(with a bite taken out)

and left for our adventure!

Our plan was to hit up Nanpu Bridge, which was the farthest, first. Then, we would work our way back. Then, at night we had to go to my dad's friend's (who works at AkzoNobel) house. Then after that, we would go to the Bund to see the city lit up at night.

Online, we found that you could take an elevator onto Nanpu Bridge for 5RMB, and we wanted to go up and walk on it. So we took the subway there, only to find out that they had gotten rid of that a while ago... stupid internet. But we still got to take a few pics of the bridge (not that great).

Also while we were there snapping away photos, these two guys were arguing and pushing and shoving each other. Apparently this one guy tricked the other guy into buying tickets for something, and the tickets fell through. This guy was yelling all these things and smacking him around. I probably should not promote violence, but for some reason I thoroughly enjoy watching Chinese people argue.

After we had been at the bridge for about 5 minutes, we got bored of it. We headed back onto the subway to Xintiandi.

And after walking around for a bit, we even stopped for some exotic Starbucks!

I got a java chip frappuccino, and it did not taste as good as in NYC. Also, they don't even write your name on the cup...

Afterwards, we headed back to Yuyuan and Chenghuangmiao.

After we got out of the subway station, we saw a lady selling jackfruit... needless to say, bought some and it was my first time eating jackfruit!!!

For some reason, the entrance to Yuyuan is really hard to find and is kind of hidden inside of a maze. We finally found a map after taking the long way all the way around Yuyuan's outer wall. At this point, it was already around 1:30, and I was starving. So we went to get more xiaochi!

Calamari

With our stomachs full, we finally headed toward the long-sought-after Yuyuan. It was pretty cool.

The koi were really stupid... If you put your hand out, they swarmed toward you and kept opening their mouths.
They are seriously like Magikarp.

selfie :*

I also did my own fair share of fake wiener-ing.

After we were done at Yuyuan, around 4:30, we called up my dad's friend, and he told us to take a taxi to his house. By the way, his house is way outside of the city on the Pudong (East) side. Since we are poor, we decided to take a subway halfway, and then taxi it. We got to his house around 6:30, and then the other intern, Jen, came at around 7. Dinner tasted... not so great. It's difficult to think of a time when I have been more under-impressed. It was just chicken tenders, and some small amounts of a few Chinese dishes that take no preparation. They had about two drops of ketchup. Their house is huge though. And they have a massive dog.

We managed to slip out before Jen at around 8:30, and took a taxi to the Bund! Unfortunately, it was a bit foggy because of the rain...