We started the day with
a boat trip on the river. The smog we saw in Beijing was back and I took
pictures that were similar to the photos I took on the first night in Shanghai
in the Bund Area. The difference between night and day was drastic.
After, eating soup dumplings for lunch, we wandered
around old Shanghai and bought some things from the local shops. People call it
old Shanghai because of the more traditional architecture and way of live. It
has a different feel from modern Shanghai, where all the famous shopping
outlets are.
We were allowed to
split off and do our own thing afterwards. I decided to use the Shanghai Subway
to get to the New World City area in order to do some shopping. The view at
night, just like The Bund, was amazing. However, after getting some gifts from
M&M’s world, the actual shopping was a mixed bag. The Chinese are not very
big in terms of stature, so they size their clothes differently. I did not know
this at first, but I learned. I tried on a XX-large hoodie that I liked and it
fit like a regular large. I was so disappointed and I kept on experiencing this
for the rest of the night. The inconvenience with the clothes sizes was another
example of how a company needs to adjust its product to its consumer if it
wants to go international. It was a shame too, because the clothes were awesome
and I loved the style that modern, more westernized Chinese culture has.
The last activity of the trip for me was a go-kart track,
but with a bar. I have never seen anything like it in America. People literally
could get a drink from the bar and then drive high speed go-karts. I do not
drink personally, but I was still able to have a great time. After sleeping in
until around 10-ish am the next day, we flew back to Pittsburgh.
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