I need to get a new bed sheet and I heard rumors that the they sold cheap ice cream even here. So Kaatje and I took a trip over on the metro to take a look. We had dinner, walked around and enjoyed a hot dog and ice cream. The mustard was a sweet one, which wasn’t what I was hoping for. And only AFTER we got the 2RMB ice cream, we found the automated 1RMB...
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Kaelyn was off tonight to Xiamen and had to fly out from the PVG airport. Unfortunately, it is 50km away. The taxi ride was 165RMB there ($31CAD). Wanting to save money, I decided to take the subway back, even though maps says it was going to be 1.5hrs. I decided to take the high speed train for part of the ride, which travels at 300km/hr in town, cuts off about 45...
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Both girls had the day off with Kaelyn having a late flight out to Xiamen for a shoot tomorrow. We spent some time reflecting on Remembrance Day since there was no formal ceremonies here. Kaatje was in a fashionable mode to start the day. As you can see, it was a busy day at Yu Gardens since it was the weekend. Kaatje shares provides a video for...
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When Jay was here, we went to a Japanese restaurant and I tried beef tongue. Figured it was time for the girls to try it too. Then we FINALLY got around to trying the super frozen Smokie Cookie. We thought it was ice cream when we got here but think of trix cereal and some waffer cookies.
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About a month ago Kaatje did a shoot that she was told would be displayed in Disney Town. The last time we went, it was just Kaelyn and I as Kaatje was sick and on call. The girls finished around 7pm and we hoped on the subway (18RMB vs the 80RMB Kaelyn and I paid for a taxi) – only drawback is the ride was 60 minutes. We arrived at 8pm and went out for dinner...
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We were very nervous the first few weeks ordering food, so we limited our food to places we could easily understand. But most places here actually have an English menu, or a special one with more pictures. Just ask.
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After a busy 5 days out of town she is back and had a break in castings to have lunch with me!
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Want to share with you the local grocery store we shop at for western type food.
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We found out Saturday evening that Kaelyn had Sunday off as well (she had Saturday off too). Time for a road trip! Hangzhou was the city was originally told she would be working in, with Kaatje in Shanghai. They are about 175km apart, and by train from 1-hr to 1.5hrs away. The idea we assumed was that I would travel between the two cities during the week, but...
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Another HOW TO, pretty straight forward @ HSBC. I used another bank earlier on that didn’t have the LANGUAGE option, so I used google translate on my phone to figure out the words with the live preview feature. It’s just easier here. And it’s only a $5CAD charge for each withdrawl.
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