We had a great week with Grandad!
Here's a look at some highlights...I left him at the airport this afternoon at 3:00 and he's en route to Atlanta right now....it was so great to have him here and everyone was really sad to see him go. Having him here reminded us how very far away we are....
We got into a nice routine during the week....lots of sightseeing and showing him around our life here in Jinqiao and Shanghai in general.....School, Hope's gymnastics, Madeline's soccer game, and Jeb's soccer and basketball. We found our favorite morning coffee spot, walked the kids to school in the mornings, ate out just about every night. We visited the Shanghai Museum and the Museum of Urban Planning, and took a great walking history tour of the city's famous French Concession area. We shopped in the Fabric Market and as many little Shanghai shops as we could find -- Christmas shopping galore. Everyone will be jealous to know that his Christmas shopping is almost finished and it's only November 14th:) We also visited our local Carrefour because we just had to show him the crowds, the chaos, and the open bins of chicken just ripe for the picking....nasty. Hope wont even look when we go there...welcome to one of the many faces of China!!
On Monday the kids had no school, so we look a day trip to a small town about an hour outside of Shanghai called Xitang. With beautiful and classic chinese architecture and history dating back to 770 B.C., it's famous for its lanes, covered walkways and many bridges.
Here's a local artist we met who creates beautiful and intricate paper cuttings. He was very proud to show us his work, sell us some art and have his photo taken with kids from America.
Here's a nighttime visit to the beautiful Bund....we never get tired of this place.
On Friday we went into Lujiazui (the financial district that is home to the famous skyscrapers you see in the photos above) to meet John for lunch. (Unfortunately, he was traveling quite a bit this week - Tokyo, Sanya (the southernmost city in China) and then Australia - so we didn't get to see too much of him.) In Lujiazui you can find one of the busiest Apple stores in the world. Of course, being the hipster Apple fan that he is, we got dad's photo overlooking the store and the line of people waiting to buy the new iphone 4S that was released that day.
More pictures to follow! What great week!
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