Day 4 – Visit to the mall

By Dad on Sep 6, 2017 in Shanghai, China (2017) | 6 comments

I worked and took the afternoon to try and watch an episode of Enterprise but the internet was not letting me have that. 3hrs later I’m still not done. I took that as a sign to explore the mall, find out where the Pizza Hut is (as Kaatje says, “find us some American food”). I did not find it as the mall was huge but did visit City Shop, a fancyish...

So after that power breakfast, at 9AM all craziness broke loose for the girls. They missed the bus because the assistant did not message them the bus was there until they (ie. the bus) was leaving. This created panic as the girls had to try and hail a taxi which wasn’t easy at rush hour. Around 9:30 I caught up with them to hear that the agency had sent a taxi...

Day 4 – Breakfast of champions

By Dad on Sep 5, 2017 in Shanghai, China (2017) | 4 comments

Until we get the grocery store figured out, here is breakfast. Girls have bread and jam as well, I should have bought the same. As you know I love to grocery shop, so I think this will be a struggle. 

It was a long day for the girls, they got back at 7PM to their apartment and walked to mine. It was Kaatje’s first visit to see how I will be living. We had to talk a bit, eating some yummy bananas – it was a stressful day with the taxi’s and finding out where to go. Very proud of them, they did great (I know Kaatje you didn’t feel like it,...

Day 3 – First full day

By Dad on Sep 5, 2017 in Shanghai, China (2017) | 0 comments

Kaelyn and I were both awake at 6AM so we decided to head out and find my apartment. The instructions were pretty good except the “3 minute walk” from the junction was more like 1 minute. We passed right on by. We came back, and managed to get inside. Mom did a great job, Kaelyn is impressed with the bathroom compared to hers. After a quick shower by...