Shanghai, to surprise Ma Janou!

Helllloooo!!

Alright! After wandering aroung Beijing for quite a while and seeing the Great Wall...,
we took a train fro Shanghai. We were supposed to arrive in Shanghai only a few days later but I got a little sick... so we decided to hurry to Shanghai!! And also it was a good occasion to surprise my friend Jeanne who was in Shanghai to visit her sister Clemence!!

We have walked quite a lot in Shanghai, to see the different areas: the French and English concessions, the shopping streets and the markets...
We walked along the Bund, where you can see old buildings of Shanghai on one side and on the other side, across the sea, you can see some of the most amazing and futurists buildings.

We also visited the old town (there is little left of it unfortunately) where the old style of bended roof tips, dragons sculptures and the small streets are still intact (or almost), even if the touristic shops have taken over the whole area... we still managed to catch a glimpse of the old times when we saw two old chinese guys playing some kind of chest game...!!

After the old town, we had to discover the new one... and in terms of new stuff, chinese are quite good!! Big TV screens everywhere, amazingly tall buildings, lights all over the place... the streets rivalise with creativity and modernism!

After a few days in Shanghai, Clemence took us out of the BIIIGG town and took us to a

small water town built around the rivers and water streams. There, most of the buildings are very old and we could visit many old homes and gardens... The old

architecture of the chinese towns is pretty beautiful as well, all made of dark wood and carvings, the gardens being made of stones, water and trees...

We could have gone around the town on a boat, but we thought that it would be much more amusing to dress like chinese people of the old times... hummm I am not sure it was the right choice, but you can judge by yourself!

Back in Shanghai, we had only a little time before going to a "beaujolais nouveau" party, which anywhere in the world has to be celebrated!! aaahh it is good to be French!!

Unfortunately the trip was coming to an end for Jeanne and Julie. We stayed another day and a half with Clemence, who took us to see more of the town. We enjoyed a bit more of Shanghai by night, and left the day after..

We are now in Xian... after a 18 hours trip on hardsleepers in the train... (quite an experience!!)

That's all Folks!!

By the way, sorry for the lack of news for a few days... So you get two bog at once !!!! cccoooooooolll!!

kisses

Agnes and Ola

written by

agnesola on November 19, 2007 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: Baby and Baby's around the world travel...

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quand vous rentrerez en france vous etre pas kap dans vous deguisez comme sa sa serais bien car ca vous vas tres bien bisous a vous deux A +++++++

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