Weekend in Shanghai!

Back from our weekend in Shanghai.  It was a really fun trip, I think everyone had a great time. 
Here are the pics and some short videos

FRIDAY DECEMBER 14, 2012

Nanjing Railway Station

Walking to the Train

Our Train

Inside the Train

From Left to Right: Leon, Adriano, Marta

The view from our hostel terrace.

Cute sign on the bathroom stall

Playing Table soccer with another guest

Hostel Terrace

Playing Pool

Shanghai Pedestrian Mall at Night

Hennessy Alcohol, 6470 RMB (over $1000 CAD)

SATURDAY DECEMBER 15, 2012

Common Room of Hostel

Cute Tea Set

Walking Shanghai

Shanghai Pedestrian Mall in day

The Bund

Flower Wall

Shanghai Skyline

Chinglish

Sun Temple

Tea Shop, Eliza and I bought our own tea sets here.

Hagen-Dazs Restaurant, Belgium Blossom dish (ice cream scoops inside the chocolate ball)

Tiramisu Dish

Our tour bus that took us around the city for 24 hours for around $5 CAD

Streetcar- Bus

Shanghai Museum - shaped like a cauldron

Russian Frabreche Eggs

Dinner in Shanghai - potatoes and green beans, spare ribs, soy beans

Chinglish

 SUNDAY DECEMBER 16, 2012

Very European feel Shanghai - "Paris of the Orient"

Breakfast in Shanghai

A better Shanghai skyline

But it was pouring...

Trying to get a coin into a tiny hole

Jingan Temple

Monks in ceremony

White Jade Buddha

8.8 metre tall Silver Buddha

Beautiful shot of the rain int he dragons' mouths

China's equivalent to Evita, basically. Wife to a prominent doctor but in her own right a very powerful woman.

Eliza's Green Tea Latte - so festive!

Shanghai at night.

Eliza has made it to Nanjing!

So Eliza was originally supposed to arrived this morning but I got an email yesterday morning saying that she was not able to get on the bus that she needed to get on and was instead going to fly straight from Hong Kong to Nanjing. She arrived yesterday afternoon at the airport by 1:30pm.  I wasn't able to get out to the airport to meet her but I found a bus for her to take that would bring her into the city to the main Railway Station and I met her there.  It was very hard to find out exactly where I was supposed to go, there were signs in English and Chinese characters but no signs for what I was looking for (the Airport Bus Station).  Luckily I had my phone and was able to use my Google translate app to ask the police men where I was supposed to go. 
I found the spot and waited for a while but there was no sign of her.  I walked back and forth from the subway entrance to the bus station a few times hoping that I had not missed her.  On one of the trips I took these pictures and video. 
I did eventually find Eliza but I missed her getting off the bus and we found each other as she made her way to the subway and I was walking back to the bus station.  I couldn't stay still, there was no spot to stand inside by the bus station and it was cold!