This morning, my host student Water and I woke up early to go to the Shanghai Museum. On the way from her house to the subway station, we stopped at a street vendor to buy delicious pork and vegetable dumplings. We took the Line 1 train to the Shanghai Terminal stop, the largest and busiest subway station in Shanghai. We were already hungry again, so we quickly bought a bowl of fried noodles, and we then went to stand in line to enter the Shanghai Museum.
As we were waiting for the Museum to open, Water's friend Daisy (a boy) ran up to us. Water had told me earlier in the day that three of her friends would be joining us while we toured Shanghai. We rented audio guides in the museum, and we walked around the various galleries, admiring sculptures, ceramics, coins, and furniture of ancient and modern China. Water's other friends, Sofie and Yolanda, arrived just as we were leaving the museum.
We took another subway to a very large shopping mall to meet Peter, his host sister Phoebe, and Phoebe's friend CeCe. Peter and I were thrilled to have ice cream in the mall, which we quickly ate right before we sat down for lunch. Strangely enough, the Chinese students chose a Mexican restaurant to eat at., and it tasted exactly like the Mexican food we eat in the US.
After lunch, my group separated from Peter's, and we got on the subway again to go to one of the main tourist shopping areas in Shanghai. We walked around for about an hour, and I was amazed to see and hear so many Americans in one place. We had to head back to Water's house early after this long day because she had a tutor. It was an amazing day, and I was really excited to have made three new Shanghainese friends.
-Colin B.
As we were waiting for the Museum to open, Water's friend Daisy (a boy) ran up to us. Water had told me earlier in the day that three of her friends would be joining us while we toured Shanghai. We rented audio guides in the museum, and we walked around the various galleries, admiring sculptures, ceramics, coins, and furniture of ancient and modern China. Water's other friends, Sofie and Yolanda, arrived just as we were leaving the museum.
We took another subway to a very large shopping mall to meet Peter, his host sister Phoebe, and Phoebe's friend CeCe. Peter and I were thrilled to have ice cream in the mall, which we quickly ate right before we sat down for lunch. Strangely enough, the Chinese students chose a Mexican restaurant to eat at., and it tasted exactly like the Mexican food we eat in the US.
After lunch, my group separated from Peter's, and we got on the subway again to go to one of the main tourist shopping areas in Shanghai. We walked around for about an hour, and I was amazed to see and hear so many Americans in one place. We had to head back to Water's house early after this long day because she had a tutor. It was an amazing day, and I was really excited to have made three new Shanghainese friends.
-Colin B.