[Caroline]
Our flight went well, and we arrived in Shanghai safely. I watched several movies, most of which casted Tom Hanks :) Everett was all over the place toward the end, but that came as no surprise.
We got off the plane, and then went through immigration. The immigration agents checked all of our passports, and we also had to have a special permit called a visa that showed we have permission to be in the country for more than just a vacation. You're not allowed to use a phone or tablet or anything while you're in line for immigration, and we were getting VERY tired at this point. My mom has been in immigration lines that lasted 3 hours, but this one was only 30 minutes so we were very lucky! After we went through immigration, we had to chase down and hustle 3 big carts to stack our 8 totes + 4 suitcases...
Our driver named Bob, that my mom's work hired was there with a van for us, and another driver with another van for all of our stuff. Bob will drive us most places for the extent of our trip. He has an extremely contagious smile.
The drive to the apartment lasted around 45 minutes, and was very interesting. We saw buildings that looked upside down, about 1,000 apartment buildings, (Almost everyone in Shanghai lives in an apartment. They are packed very close together.) an IKEA, and so many cranes that were building buildings you would not believe.
The traffic in Shanghai is interesting. Everyone drives a nice car. No cars in need of a tune up or paint job. They all are fairly new as well. I did not see any older looking vehicles. There was not much honking at all, everyone drives right on the bumper right in front of them, and NO ONE uses blinkers when they switch lanes. But no one gets mad, speeds, or crashes.
We got to the apartment, which is like it's own little village. On the ground floor, there is a parking area, a grocery, many restaurants, clothing stores that are insanely expensive and fancy, and an open roof. www.shanghaicentre.com
Our apartment is small, but dainty. There is everything we need, but smaller. A living room, kitchen, dining room table, 2 rooms, and 2 bathrooms. Everett and I will be sharing a bedroom, which will be tough, but so are we, and I know we can figure it out and get through it. It will be kind of easy, because we have our own bed, dresser, and night stand. The only thing for me to do now, is make him learn that it is not okay to jump back and forth from our beds. Especially not when I am asleep in the bed.
We immediately started to unpack, and are already 90% done as we get ready to go to sleep in our new apartment for the first time.
Our flight went well, and we arrived in Shanghai safely. I watched several movies, most of which casted Tom Hanks :) Everett was all over the place toward the end, but that came as no surprise.
We got off the plane, and then went through immigration. The immigration agents checked all of our passports, and we also had to have a special permit called a visa that showed we have permission to be in the country for more than just a vacation. You're not allowed to use a phone or tablet or anything while you're in line for immigration, and we were getting VERY tired at this point. My mom has been in immigration lines that lasted 3 hours, but this one was only 30 minutes so we were very lucky! After we went through immigration, we had to chase down and hustle 3 big carts to stack our 8 totes + 4 suitcases...
Our driver named Bob, that my mom's work hired was there with a van for us, and another driver with another van for all of our stuff. Bob will drive us most places for the extent of our trip. He has an extremely contagious smile.
The drive to the apartment lasted around 45 minutes, and was very interesting. We saw buildings that looked upside down, about 1,000 apartment buildings, (Almost everyone in Shanghai lives in an apartment. They are packed very close together.) an IKEA, and so many cranes that were building buildings you would not believe.
The traffic in Shanghai is interesting. Everyone drives a nice car. No cars in need of a tune up or paint job. They all are fairly new as well. I did not see any older looking vehicles. There was not much honking at all, everyone drives right on the bumper right in front of them, and NO ONE uses blinkers when they switch lanes. But no one gets mad, speeds, or crashes.
We got to the apartment, which is like it's own little village. On the ground floor, there is a parking area, a grocery, many restaurants, clothing stores that are insanely expensive and fancy, and an open roof. www.shanghaicentre.com
Our apartment is small, but dainty. There is everything we need, but smaller. A living room, kitchen, dining room table, 2 rooms, and 2 bathrooms. Everett and I will be sharing a bedroom, which will be tough, but so are we, and I know we can figure it out and get through it. It will be kind of easy, because we have our own bed, dresser, and night stand. The only thing for me to do now, is make him learn that it is not okay to jump back and forth from our beds. Especially not when I am asleep in the bed.
We immediately started to unpack, and are already 90% done as we get ready to go to sleep in our new apartment for the first time.
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