Excursion on Duo lun road

I had just finished moving everything from the hotel across the street to my new apartment and decided to take my registration up to SILC (the police registration is a whole post by itself - I will link it too).  I figured to go up to Jia Ding, have lunch with friends and bring back more of my things on the shuttle bus (free bus provided by SILC between the two campuses).

I was half way across the Yan Chang campus here in Zha Bei, heading for the bus to Jia Ding, when Keith texted me "Don't Go!" - He was going to surprise me at my new place (which he did)!  Susan and Keith were my first visitors and I hadn't even slept here yet!  Laughing.

 
Susan and I are out on my new balcony with the view of Zha Bei park below - trees and the city behind.  You can almost see the largest building in China behind the building at my head.  It rained almost all day after we got to our lunch destination right after this!
After showing my new "digs," we went to a place that one of our former colleagues, Helene, had recommended.  The street has statues to former writers from the period prior to the war and Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1937.  The area was fantasticaly restored and is (mostly) a walking street (there are always the motorcycles and mopeds running through any pedestrian area).

We had an awesome lunch and then stopped for coffee at a Charlie Chaplin coffee shop!

One of the most interesting parts was all of the little shops selling paintings, pottery, wall hangings, old books, etc. etc.  A really cool little eclectic area - and amazingly easy to get to from our homes.  We jump on the #1 metro line (subway) to Shanghai Railway Stations (two stops), get off - walk about a mile underground - just kidding but about 500 meters - to the #3 metro line (elevated train).  Then two stops along the elevated train and there we are. 

A few blocks of walking and we were at an awesome restaurant!
 

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