Morning folks! If you’re in the U.S. reading this then it’s 2 a.m. EST. For us it’s right at 2 p.m. It’s hard to remember the time difference. I just sent Mom a text and asked her to check on something for me with AT&T and her response was “I’ll check in the a.m. it’s midnight here what time is it for you,” or something like that. Ahhhh well. At least she knows I’m alright.
Anyway, the weather over here is really close to what it’s like in South Carolina. Humidity and temperature are about the same for this time of year. It’s in the high 50s today, and this week is supposed to be in the 50s and 60s, so it’s very comfortable.
This morning we met to plan for the day…
And then we walked to a nearby university where we will be playing ball this afternoon. The pictures below are taken in the walk to the university (it’s about a mile from the hotel). The area we’re in is fairly close to the building that Tom Cruise jumped off of in MI 3. I’ve been watching for him all day and haven’t seen him, so I’m a bit disappointed.
The last picture was one of us crossing the street. That’s actually a pretty dangerous sport here in Shanghai. The law here is that if you make eye contact with the driver and they hit you then it is your fault because you saw them. If you don’t make eye contact, though, then it is the driver’s fault if they hit you. So the idea is to get across the street without making eye contact with anyone, and yet dodging them at the same time. The streets are filled with cars, mopeds, gas-powered bicycles, and regular bicycles. Crossing the street is actually a lot of fun. It should be a sport with points to whoever survives the most crossings in a single day.
Anyway, the pictures below are taken at the university campus. It is nestled in the heart of all the businesses and apartments. It’s pretty quiet and peaceful. I could definitely go to a school like this!
And finally, this last picture is from the largest Best Buy in the world. At least I’ve been told it’s the largest…I haven’t verified that. It’s 6 stories tall, though, so if it’s not the largest then it’s still pretty big. They have an Apple store in there, which I thought was pretty cool. I met an employee there named Magic and he told me that the Apple store just opened two days ago, and that they are the only authorized Apple store in Shanghai. I told him that the Best Buys in the U.S. don’t sell Apples (at least I have never found one that does) so he was pretty proud when he found that out.
Well, I’m going to sign off now since we’re about to leave to go play ball at the university. I’ll post more tonight!
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That university team makes ya’ll look tiny! Good pics of the campus.
JS