Settling In

Today we had a relocation service take us around Shanghai to learn about the city, and set up basic things like cell phones, banking, postal service etc.  We spent the day on the Puxi (PooShee) side of Shanghai which is West of the Huang Pu (Wong Poo) river.  Cynthia, Regan and Landon each got a new cell phone for use in China.  Mason will buy a new SIM card for his phone once it arrives in our air shipment.  We visited some really neat areas of Shanghai including the French Concession, TaiKang Lu and Yu Garden.  The French Concession is an area that was given to the French in 1849 as a settlement agreement with China.  It is dominated by French style architecture and noticeably absent are any high rise buildings.  The streets are tree-lined and there are many green spaces for relaxing or taking a stroll.  Shopping and dining venues are abundant in this area.  A definite must see for anyone visiting - hint, hint.  We dropped Mason and Regan back to the hotel to go swimming while Cynthia, Landon and I continued on for a visit to the Antique market and a short excursion to city Market to buy some groceries.  We ended the day with a tradition Chinese meal - Pizza Hut!

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