{"id":21482,"date":"2014-06-12T07:37:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T12:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=21482"},"modified":"2014-06-14T01:29:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T06:29:48","slug":"shanghai-day-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=21482","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai Day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Shanghai Day 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We need a break from traveling. We feel less stressed here at Shanghai than we’ve felt in a while. We thought about crossing the river and checking out Pudong today, but fuck that. We will devote today to just chilling out like a lazy weekend day in Austin.<\/p>\n

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\nWhat we did last night. One of many vintage photos along the hallways of our hotel.<\/p>\n

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\nLook! The sky is almost blue today.<\/p>\n

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\nWe walked around the whole block around our hotel and discovered that this area is quite happening. This place is crowded, lunch sounds good. They serve Guilin style rice noodles.<\/p>\n

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\nCheap prices, and filled only by locals.<\/p>\n

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\nIt also has the mediocre food safety grade to go with it.<\/p>\n

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\nMy food was ok, nothing to write home about. RL liked her soup\/noodle dish though. But it was cheap, and the atmosphere was fun.<\/p>\n

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\nSitting elbow to elbow with strangers. I think a group of Taiwanese sat right next to us.<\/p>\n

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\nOH MY GOD, is that a 7 Eleven!!??<\/p>\n

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\nWWWHHHHYYYY!!!! It’s not open yet!!!<\/p>\n

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\nThat’s a very nice Starbucks in the shade. Maybe we’ll come here later. This is literally right by our hotel, but just on the side that we never walk towards.<\/p>\n

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\nNo 7 Eleven, but we did discover this Family Mart.<\/p>\n

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\nYES!!! Pudding from Taiwan!!!! This is a Taiwanese style convenience store, and it’s amazing!!! In heaven.<\/p>\n

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\nGo ahead and make fun of me. I don’t care. This egg pudding is heavenly. It is simply one of the best foods ever. Food orgasm nonstop.<\/p>\n

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\nThen, it’s time to try the room temperature vacuum sealed chicken leg that I’ve been carrying around in my luggage for a couple of weeks…I see Chinese locals eat these all the time, hopefully it won’t kill me.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s coated in a thin layer of gelatin.<\/p>\n

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\nActually, not too bad. I’d eat it again.<\/p>\n

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\nRL also found her favorite rice triangles at the Familymart. Winning all around.<\/p>\n

Then we spent part of the afternoon watching a movie while lying in bed. This feels like a lazy Sunday in Austin.<\/p>\n

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\nAnother one of the photos in the hallway of our hotel. This one is Bertrand Russell. He stayed at our hotel at one point, as did Charlie Chaplin and Einstein.<\/p>\n

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\nTaking a break from our lounging around in our hotel room, some coffee.<\/p>\n

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\nYes, I shall read my The Economist!<\/p>\n

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\nI am two months behind on news.<\/p>\n

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\nThis place has a nice breeze, it’s in the shade, and it’s got a nice view. Feels amazing over here.<\/p>\n

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\nKL points! The sky is almost blue.<\/p>\n

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\nThe other areas around our hotel. Too bad we are too lazy to go exploring today.<\/p>\n

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\nBack to the Familymart. Found more of those room temp sausages…no thanks. We did buy more egg puddings though!<\/p>\n

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\nThe perfect lazy afternoon setup. Drinks, snacks, and a movie out in the solarium of our room.<\/p>\n

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\nOut looking for dinner now.<\/p>\n

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\nThis will do. We think this is the sister restaurant to the other Shanghai cuisine restaurant we had the other day.<\/p>\n

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\nWontons, it’s so good. The broth is awesome. I think I’m going to start ordering wonton soups back in Austin.<\/p>\n

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\nBack at our hotel.<\/p>\n

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\nYup, we are halfway across the world in a world class city. We didn’t venture more than two blocks from our hotel today, and it feels pretty grand. Gotta have one of these lazy days once in a while.<\/p>\n

To be continued at Seoul Day 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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