It was a quick walk to the Disney Store from Taco Bell. Nice weather, tall downtown buildings. The Pearl Tower. The store itself which I read was ‘the largest in the world’ was, well… disappointing. It was smaller than most disney stores at the parks and certainly smaller than the one at DisneyTown. However, we did find my hammer so not all was...
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After Central Perk, we decided to check out the downtown Disney Store. On our way, we came across a TACO BELL!!! No way. A little pricey for a meal for 1 (45RMB – but we shared) but very yummy. They had no less than 20 people working there and sold beer as...
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Kaatje was back in Hangzhou for her last job so Kaelyn and I had the day to explore. One of Kaelyn’s bookers mentioned there was a ‘Central Perk’ cafe in town that looked just like the one from friends. We decided it was a good reason to explore the other side of town. It did take us a bit to find it, the signage wasn’t obvious but when we...
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We went downtown to check out the ‘Marriage Market’. Then we decided to walk the shopping road looking for some potential Christmas gifts. Kaelyn asked where we found Kaatje’s pictures in the Bosideng store. When I took her in, we were surprised to see her in 5 new ads that were NOT there last time. Too bad she was working and missed...
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Michelle sent us some links to your not so average places to visit, and one of them was to try hand pulled noodles. Kaatje had another fashion show today so just Kaelyn and I decided to head downtown to look for some gifts and I found a place on the way. I have to say, it was AWESOME. Kaelyn wasn’t a fan (not sure why, not spicy at all). Very filling, I was...
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If we wanted cold we would go back to Canada (oh wait we are in 3 days :). We woke to 4C (feeling like -1C) outside, brrrr… we want summer back (or at least fall/spring).
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Kaatje had a fashion show today so Kaelyn and I took a ride out to Ikea, she was interested in seeing it. Plus they had the 1RMB ice cream 🙂 Our new health kick is always taking the stairs wherever we go, even when there seems to be 100 to get out of the metro. We ended the day getting a hamburger at the local restaurant in the...
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My last visit was only with Kaelyn because Kaatje was working. Today Kaelyn was working and Kaatje had a free day. So we hoped on the train and spent the day at West Lake in Hangzhou.We had the same times for the train, depart at 11:30am and leave Hangzhou on the 6pm train. When we arrived at the station Kaatje was excited to see the Mi store. This was the brand she...
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Today the girls were finished early and with limited daylight (curse you winter), we decided to head over to another Buddhist temple in town – Longhua Temple. Entrance fee was very reasonable at 10RMB. It was the first time Kaatje was at Buddhist temple and she took the video you see...
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We weren’t sure if they celebrated Thanksgiving here, and although we don’t see much about it, City Shop does have a flyer. All the fixings for 12 people – 1380RMB...
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