Quick Pics

Just a few interesting sights.  Enjoy!

This is a dragon fruit.  It's very mild in flavor, and the texture is a bit like a soft melon (without being icky). Good with a spoon!  :o)

 

The day after we landed, we went to Ikea to feed ourselves.  This was the line to get into one of the sides of the buffet line.  Yowzers!  A lot of people wanted meatballs!

 

From our main balcony into what we think is a military school across the street.  We don't know though....  They play some drums at the main gate sometimes...????  We'll keep you updated! 

 

 



 

Day trip to the Puxi side of Shanghai.  Puxi, pronounced "poo-shee," means "west side."  We live in Pudong, "east side" and take a guess on the pronunciation.  This picture is from the famous part called the Bund, which is just a bend in the river in the middle of the city.  This is the Huangpu River.

 

 



 

This is called the Oriental Pearl Tower.  It used to be a radio/TV tower, but not anymore. 

 

 



You can see the "can-opener building" and then the building to the right under construction is the Shanghai Tower which is supposed to have 120-something stories. 


Neat, huh??


On our picture to-do list:
-tour of our apartment/complex (We get our new couch tomorrow!!)
-pictures from our balconies (waiting for a clear day...)
-picture of our schools (Mine has a ball pit!  A staff meeting in the ball pit needs to happen!)
-ummm  everything?????

Update: The health check was wild.  There were about 8 different rooms with a nurse/doctor in each: one to have you change into a robe, one to take your blood pressure, one to draw your blood, etc.  There was also another lady that would tell you to wait here or scoot down to there.  Can you imagine taking the blood of a new person every 3 minutes?  They were that stream-lined about it.  Apparently,  this is good enough for the government for the rest of my life.  Woohoo!

Xiajian!
XOXO!