“But it’s raining!”. Sorry, it’s going to take more than rain to stop a couple of Brits from climbing the 367 exposed steps to the top of the viewing platform on Lupu Bridge, after walking over an hour to get there. The second-longest arch bridge in the world, Lupu Bridge spans the Huangpu River due … Continue reading
128 boxes were taken away from Olney, and a little over 2 months later, all 128 turned up in Shanghai. The 6 blokes from Crown (the relocation company), seemed unconcerned at the sheer number of random items being unpacked, despite the bewildered looks from their owners. It’s indescribably fantastic to finally have a sofa to … Continue reading
Not that an excuse was really called for, but a few pints of locally-brewed beer at the Boxing Cat Brewery seemed a fitting way to celebrate our six-year wedding anniversary today. In addition, Tuesday marks our two month anniversary of living in Shanghai so we felt it appropriate to have an additional pint to celebrate. … Continue reading
Five language lessons in and we can finally, in perfect Mandarin, order a bottle of milk, a glass of wine and three dictionaries. What I failed to manage this evening was to convince the taxi driver I wasn’t really capable of joining in with his Mandarin-based rendition of Nessun Dorma. “Eaaaah?” beckoned the taxi driver … Continue reading
If you’re going to name your establishment “Dr. Beer”, selling five on-premise brewed beers at fairly expensive prices, then please, please, please don’t serve them in plastic glasses. Fancy plastic glasses they may well be, but they’re still plastic. Specially moulded plastic too, to disguise the fact that I’m getting somewhat close to a small-bottle-sized … Continue reading
A few people have asked why I haven’t mentioned anything to do with work in the blog. So let’s give it a go: Working in the office here in Shanghai is just like Milton Keynes, apart from the fact that we have a total of 3 lifts for 24 floors (with each floor easily accommodating … Continue reading
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