SHANGHAI MOMENTS

Our favorite Shanghai moments (no, it's not the shopping nor the tourist spots):

Love, love, love the cherry blossoms!




The old man doing Chinese calligraphy using water at the Fuxing Park.




Bike man. (Parang Chinese movie coming to life before my very eyes!)


Shanghai's a biking community. How green!




Street art




MTR Chinese paper-cut art


Old couples dancing at the Fuxing Park


Man doing Tai Chi


Longtang and Lilong: a peek into Shanghai alleys




Lots of kite flying in the parks


The old man's kite. People's Square.


So him! Site of the 1st National Congress of the CCP.


He takes better photos, hehe.

PARIS OF THE ORIENT

Europe in Asia? Now, I know why Shanghai's called Paris of the Orient...



















































Above are sights from the Bund (where historical buildings line the Huangpu River), the French Concession (put French town in the frame), Xintiandi ("shikumen" aka stone gate houses), Nanjing Road (Shanghai's main shopping street).

We love being transported into worlds different from ours. Here's to more travels together!

SHANGHAI SPRING

Love was in full bloom as we celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary in Shanghai, spring time!

Fuxing Park


to Fuxing Park


Renmin Park


People's Square


Seeing cherry blossoms for the very first time got me so excited! Felt like a kid!

Thank God for the opportunity to see the beauty of His creation. Big Bonus: seeing it with my dear J.

SHANGHAI EXPERIENCE

For our sixth wedding anniversary, we took a break from Manila's 33-36C summer heat and headed to Shanghai's 7-13C spring swing!

My book for this trip: Love Letters of Great Men. I wonder if it's the same book as Carrie Bradshaw's in the SATC movie? Thinking out loud: J's love letters for me must be part of the collection! Haha!


We left Manila around 8pm. Landed in Shanghai's Pudong International Airport before midnight (Kudos to Cebu Pacific, that's earlier than the ETA). We arrived at an empty airport.


Where's every one else?


Empty bag carousel


Quick bite before heading to the hotel.
By midnight, Burger King was the only joint open in the Airport.


Love our quaint, super affordable business hotel.


Hotel's facade


Hotel Location: Da Du He Road. This must be the provincial part of Shanghai (it looks so '70s). Pro: It's 15 minutes away by bus from the Zhongshan Park MTR station.


Our bus stop. Here's where we start every 'pasyal' day.


We need to wait for Bus #67. Advise came from the hotel's friendly staff.


Classic Chinese visual! Shanghai's a biking community.


Bus #67, puno. We'll have to wait for the next one.


More on our honeymoon...