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