30 October 2018 Shanghai

IMG 7295  into Shanghai on the bullet train IMG 1116  coming up out of the metro to see this streetscape with Import Expo billboard IMG 1117  very clean and not too crowded IMG 1118  Blues and Jazz
IMG 1120  Art Deco planters IMG 1121  Pudong - it's big IMG 1122  we will dump the valises at the restaurant IMG 1123  a most ridiculous building
IMG 1125  her shoes are much too large IMG 1126  a good selfie! IMG 1127  Where we ate IMG 1128  with views from the terrace
IMG 1129  Christine and Pearl Needle IMG 1133  Pudong on the other side of the river IMG 1138  an impressive massing of buildings IMG 1139  looking down the Bund
IMG 7300  and across IMG 1140 IMG 1141  local color IMG 1142  time to eat
IMG 1143  but we are still gawking IMG 1144  now, breads, butter, tapenade, olive oil and balsamic vinegar IMG 1145  the menu IMG 1174  Nikki's starter with salmon and potato salad
IMG 7306  Nikki anticipation IMG 1148  our starter of smoked eggplant and goat cheese croquettes IMG 7307  Christine tucking in IMG 7305  Bri's tomato soup with me enjoying the croquettes
IMG 7308  then the duck leg with poached egg IMG 1150  under attack IMG 1173  and Nikki's Cottage Pie main dish IMG 7309  the Pavlova dessert
IMG 7312  quite the construction IMG 7315  split four ways IMG 7317  where'd it go? IMG 1151  with petits fours
IMG 1152  and capuccino IMG 7321  life is good IMG 7323  view of the Bund with flags and Art Deco buildings IMG 7324  glassware
IMG 7325  for sale IMG 1153 IMG 1176  building on beams and moved back IMG 7326  interior of one of the oldest surviving buildings on the Bund
IMG 7327  kind of looks like the original stairs from the 1850s IMG 7330  Maccabee Club at the top of the Hamilton IMG 1172  Decor outside intact, inside not so much IMG 7332  ??
IMG 1154  Peace Hotel interiors IMG 1155 IMG 1156 IMG 1157
IMG 1158  worthy of gawkage IMG 1159 IMG 1160 IMG 1171
IMG 1162  fits with Chinese Noir IMG 1163  and WWII accounts IMG 1164  details IMG 7333  with lots of history
IMG 1165  and more details IMG 1170  and more details IMG 1166  back outside, Pudong IMG 1167  waiting for Bri and me
IMG 7334  taking our leave on the Bund IMG 7335  a great trip IMG 7337  see you soon on the other side of the world IMG 1177  Post-script: Nikki's soft serve, which makes me think of lithium grease, but she says tasted good