So originally I planned my arrival into SH a few days before moving into dorm-life, so I can buy a cell phone, walk around the Xujiahui area, and adjust to the time difference. Well, I bought my cell phone earlier this afternoon from a China Mobile store near my hotel. It's a crappy little Samsung phone, but it makes calls and receives text messages, pretty much just what I need it for.
I'm a firm believer that in order to get your bearings in a new environment, you kinda have to get lost first, so that you know where to go or not in the future. I walked around earlier and got sorta lost, as in, I didn't find the streets on the map from the hotel, but kinda still knew where I was. (In college, I worked for a food delivery service so I'm pretty freakin' good with directions. I mean, my middle name isn't Thomas Guide for nothing.) Anyways, I'm pretty sure I walked over to Xujiahui b/c I remember reading how it's in an intersection of 5 major streets. The best thing I can compare it to is Times Square. Mind you, I haven't seen enough of this City yet, to make that qualified comparison, but thus far Xujiahui reminds me of Times Square with the bright lights, big buildings, and neon. Then again, I could've been completely lost and just happened upon some busy intersection and thought it was what I thought it was. Who knows.
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Hi Albert! Glad you made it there and getting to know the city! Have a great time and thanks for keeping us up to date. I have a question about your previous post. Why would you find a lot of Euros in Shanghai? Is that their vacation spot? Interesting factoid, I didn't know that.
ReplyDeleteI guess they could be tourists or students. Or maybe some even live here. I don't know actually.
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