We take the awesome overnight luxury sleeper train from Hong Kong to Shanghai 中國 for 20 hours of sight seeing and relaxation. Once in Shanghai we're feeling adventurous so we go to pick up our train tickets for the next leg our journey in person. We learn how to use Didi which is China's version of Uber and wander up to the Nianjin Pedestrian Street for Moon Cakes and other awesome food. We even find some time to check out Century Square in the evening. We wrap up the week by taste testing a couple of different versions of Sprite available only in China...the results may surprise you ;-)
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We got the private sleeper on the 20 hour train to Shanghai.
We went to the wrong car first and this really nice little guy was like,
hey I'll change with you.
I was so sweet and they were really nice
as bumping him out of the way with their backpack.
And the Chinese trains have boiling hot drinking water and kettles in the room.
Officially in China.
The McDonald's.
I asked Chris for our birthday what I wanted for my birthday.
I'm thinking I'm gonna have to have McDonald's.
Just so I can say I tried it in China.
So guess what she wants.
We have a huge window to view the beautiful Chinese countryside.
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday dear Katie.
Happy birthday to you.
Why thank you.
I'm eating my breakfast porridge on the train headed to Shanghai.
It tastes like plain rice porridge.
Not much flavor but it's really good in the morning.
Thank you.
We're in Shanghai.
That train ride was amazing.
Yeah definitely do.
It was first class.
Cheaper than a flight.
Yeah.
Book well in advance.
Customs and Immigration folks were so nice here and helpful.
It was really awesome.
Right now we're going to try and grab our tickets for our trip next week
while we're at the train station so we don't have to come back.
It's an adventure.
Do not come unprepared.
Thanks to some nice people in the line at the taxi stand.
They wrote out for us our directions.
We had directions to our hotel but even with those it's challenging.
We'll see if we get there.
It's a fun adventure though.
Awesome little fitness trail right near our hotel.
The sound was on for that.
It's amazing how quiet the streets are.
So many of the vehicles almost all the scooters and bikes are all electric.
Did you hear the loud rattling mufflers that we've been hearing?
It's totally silent.
You got to be careful when you step out into the road.
This is the Bund Sightseeing Avenue.
We're already a tourist attraction.
People are already coming up to get their pictures taken with us.
We made it to Nanjing Pedestrian Street.
I'm probably saying that very wrong but it's like Nanjing Pedestrian Street.
Hopefully we'll find some food now.
That sounds promising.
Look at all that.
We found all this stuff.
You just pick what you like.
It's like two dollars a person which is awesome because food is expensive it seems.
Delish.
There's wine and it has bread.
I don't know what's in it.
I'm gonna try it.
Okay we're making friends everywhere we go.
Lime I got from Mooncakes which a lady told me what they were called.
And these are pork.
Oh those are warm.
Those are really good.
Looks delicious.
I'm jealous.
Yeah that's a lot of pork.
Good.
They are miniature beef wellingtons.
They are but they are rich.
And I now have to eat six of them.
Wish me luck.
This is Century Square.
It's kind of like the Times Square of Shanghai.
It's really beautiful.
It's a really neat city.
There's a lot of people but there's so much space that everybody fits.
We are just having a blast in Shanghai.
We found two types of Sprite in China.
The blue one and the white one.
Although we saw this one has fiber.
So I'm bravely gonna let Kate test them first.
First one with fiber.
Oh god.
Got that aspartame aftertaste.
Yeah that's pretty bad.
Yeah they're disgusting.
Experiment.
Fail.
Good night.
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Oh now that was good.