Nanjing Road is a 5 KM thoroughfare that houses a lot of stores, malls, restaurants and other commercial and tourist attractions in Shanghai. Now, the cold is getting to me; it’s still 9 degrees maybe even colder than that. I was thinking about a steaming cup of Starbucks house blend or the Caramel Macchiato but then again, it would have to wait. By the way, there are several Starbucks outlets there….Ricky & I seem to have a homing device when it comes to Starbucks…
along nanjing road
We were looking for the tiangges but we couldn’t find that particular area they went to last year so we just decided to walk along Nanjing Rd. KFC and McDonalds are very popular here, Pizza Hut is considered fine dining and Haagen Dazs is THE ice cream parlor here. We were probably more than halfway when we turned around and walked back towards Park Hotel. On our way back we finally went inside a mall, the name of which I forget. Then, we went into Shanghai’s No. 1 Department Store (that’s the name of the store), which is very much like our SM here. We made our way to the Lower Ground Floor and saw a bakeshop very similar to Bread Talk - Surprise. We bought some bread, pastries and two mango crepes.
We decided to have a snack since we were very hungry and assumed that dinner wouldn’t be for another hour or so. We decided to check out Pizza Hut. The interiors looked nice and it wasn’t the usual look of Pizza Hut outlets in Manila. Their menu had more than one kind of salad, pasta and coffee. They expanded the menu to cater to the needs of locals. While waiting for our Seafood Pasta and coffee (odd combination don’t you think?) we ate the mango crepe we bought from Surprise. And Surprise! It was good! Masarap sya! The crepe was light and almost melted in your mouth, the cream filling delectable not heavy and the mango slices perfectly ripe for an over-all dessert delight! Mmmmmm… The pizza came and the coffee was served so, kanya-kanyang kain muna…
where's the pizza?
Afterwards, we showed up at the hotel, waited for T-O-N-Y and went off to dinner then the Acrobat Show. The weather like they said was unpredictable and by the time we were at the Hall for the Acrobat Show, it was raining making it so much colder than it was in the afternoon.
I planned to sleep through the show but the first part were the contortionists so, I was pretty much glued to seat, wide-eyed, mouth open and awed at how the girls (they seemed so young) could get their bodies to do those seemingly impossible positions! Wow! There were 5 of them, all equally flexible hehehe. I could just imagine how they train everyday just to be able to do those poses. Other parts were the young lads juggling hats, cloth balancing, seat balancing, acrobatic roller-skating, plate balancing and the finale, the iron ball. That was one of my favorite parts. Onstage there’s this huge iron ball. Then a motorcycle comes on stage, goes into the ball and just goes around, up and down the ball. Then, another motor joins him and so on and so forth until there are 5 of them inside the iron ball! It’s amazing how they could all fit in, run around the ball, sometimes in the same direction and sometimes not and manage to keep a safe distance from one another? No motorcycles stalled or died they were all up and running! Ang galing! May konting stunts pa nga!
wheels in the ball
After the show it was back to the hotel to pack again for a two-day stay on an island. During my stay in Shanghai, the cold weather made it impossible for me to take a bath in the morning so I take a bath at night and just take a shower in the morning. I thank God for water heaters….
Morning call for Wednesday: 4:00 a.m. *sigh*
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