Today was a travel day to our final destination: Shanghai. This was my first foray into 2nd class seats (because the 1st class seats were sold out). They were not as nice at 1st class, but they were certainly tolerable. We made it up to the end of the train line in about three hours but then had to wait another 2 1/2 hours for the driver to find us in the massive train station / international airport and get us to our hotel. Suddenly we found ourselves amongst many fellow Westerners again – so not quite like the fun of before.
The neighbourhood where our hotel was located was the old French quarter of Shanghai. It had beautiful tree-lined streets, shady sidewalks, and great parks to stroll around. The hotel itself was a former luxurious apartment building – which still retained old-school fixtures throughout. An old-school hotel with great views as well.
We attempted to venture out to The Bund in the evening but didn’t have much luck getting there.
