Wayne meets us for breakfast in our hood. Food at the courtyard of the Urbn Hotel in Jiaozhou is nice but little, and on the way to the subway we detour via the Croissants de France.
My favourite fusion food is a strawberry in a sticky rice bun!
We discover the underground fashion mall at People's Square and Wayne & Jeannine go into a Karl Lagerfeld & Claudia Schiffer routine. But the catwalking wears out the sales lady and she refuses to take the bait from our haggling hooks. So we go nibble our food goodies at the People's Park instead.
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| grand theater, municipal administration & urban planning museum- People's Square |
Here, in supermodern, hyperurban downtown Shanghai, the marriage market is booming. Parents of children who haven't found a love partner hang up notes with their offsprings' particulars: Height, weight, age, education, 'sad & lonely'. The mix boggles Jeannine's mind.
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| Shanghai Museum- People's Square |
The Shanghai Museum turns out to be very soothing. Beautifully selected and simply presented, we take in our fill of traditional clothes, furniture, pottery, seals, calligraphy and painting. We even spot the Yellow Mountains on some scrolls!
My favourite piece is a clay figurine which predates art deco by centuries.
Before Wayne has to leave, we visit the museum teashop. Our bowls are so stuffed with tea leaves, we have to do some weeding before we get to the liquid.
Jeannine and I take a turn by the urban planning museum which exhibits 3D models of Shanghai to figure out some method to the madness. To call it a sprawl would be the understatement of the last 5000 years.
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| Pudong model with Shanghai Tower (right) |
Because souvenirs want to be purchased we return to the underground mall and do some satisfying bargaining. Jeannine is particularly pleased that she scores a 'Shanghai dirndl' for her sister Catherine.
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| the old... |
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| opposite the new. |
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