Qibao...The Old Town!

So on a rainy day we decided to visit Qibao, an old town located in Shanghai! It was really interesting! We saw some interesting things including the house of a famous Chinese sculpture! (we could not take pictures of his house, but it was cozy and nice)!

Hoy fuimos a Qibao, ahi se conservan unos viejos edificios! Ahí nos encontramos con comidas raras y mucha gente vendiendo cantidad de cosas! Visitamos la casa de un escultor famoso pero no se permitía tomar fotos)! A pesar de la lluvia, la pasamos muy bien!

Thai Food!

So one of the advantages of living in a big city like Shanghai, is that you can find cuisine from all over the world. In the last couple of weeks we gave Thai food a try...and we liked it! We tried Simply Thai and Banana Leaf, they were both good, but do not be deceived by the pictures: Simply Thai was better in my opinion!

Una de las ventajas de vivir en una ciudad grande como Shanghai es que encuentras cocina de todas partes! Estos últimos fines de semana decidimos darle una oportunidad a la comida Tailandesa: y nos gusto! Fuimos a dos restaurantes: Simply Thai y Banana Leaf! Los dos estaban ricos pero a pesar de las fotos Simply Thai me gusto mas!

Bollywood in China...

For my Film Class, I have been watching some Indian Films, particularly Bollywood films! They are not bad, I also watched a film called Peepli (live), it does not have the Bollywood flair and it is such a great movie! Highly recommended! I think Netflix has it!


Estoy tomando una clase de cine! Me toco ver peliculas de India, en especial de Bollywood (Los actores bailan y cantan en medio de la película) son muy interesantes! También vi una que se llama Peepli (live), aunque es de India, no tiene las características de Bollywood! Es una muy buena película! La recomiendo, creo que esta en Netflix!

Don't Let the Weather Stop You!

You can find pretty much anything in China! As you can see covers to protect yourself and your Vespa from the rain are available! Also covers for the handles so your hands won't freeze in the winter! Ingenious!

Practicamente se puede encontrar de todo aquí en China! Desde guantes para las manijas de una vespa (para protegerse del frío) hasta cubiertas para protegerse de la lluvia! Muy Ingenioso!

Forever XXI Opening

So Forever 21 opened its first store in China...and We were there!!! Previously it had had some pilot stores to see if it worked and apparently it did, because now they have a four-floor building! It was pretty cool although it was full of people! We had a great time and bought a thing or two!



Forever 21 abrio las puertas de su primer tienda en China, y estuvimos ahi! Ya habian algunas tiendas piloto para ver si funcionaba y aparentemente si porque ahora es una gran tienda de cuatro pisos! Fue divertido aunque habia mucha gente! No la pasamos bien y compramos una que otra cosita!

 

School Food

More pictures on my Chinese Diet!

Mas fotos de la dieta China!

Chinese 101

So I have been taking a Chinese Language Class...It's tough! The pinyin (Chinese alphabet) is not too bad, but when the characters come...that's when it gets tough! It's hard to make connections between the characters and the words! It's a lot of memorization, so I'll keep moving forward. Baby steps!

La clase de Chino...esta en Chino!! Es algo dificil, usando el alfabeto no esta tan mal pero cuando tenemos que usar los simbolos...ahi es donde se pone dificil! Es dificil hacer la conexion entre los simbolos y las palabras pero bueno ahi vamos...poquito a poquito!