Weekend Shopping Success
Nov. 5th, 2006 02:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theoriginalblurkerSo, in case you were wondering, I did indeed scrape together the guts to wander the city alone this weekend. Having done so in April with someone else, I had a good idea of where I wanted to go, and the concierge at the hotel is incredibly helpful about getting folks where they want to go.
Saturday, I spent the day at the Qipu market. It's basically a multilevel mall that spreads over an entire city block. The stores on the lower levels are little more than stalls, similar to the Old Shanghai Market (Xiang Yang), which has been closed down. The higher you go, the more posh the business. I had a great time wandering around the lower levels for 4 or 5 hours, before I had to come up for air. And yes, I found some Pumas. :)
Sunday I went back to the Yu Yuan Garden, where we found a lot of cool stuff last year, although we never found the garden. This time I actually found the garden almost immediately, which was pretty funny since I wasn't looking for it at all. I also found some tea for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
auspeople (although it's not the brand that they requested, sorry), a T-shirt for my coworker, gifts for Lager Rhythms and my mom, and a few cool things for me. :)
Now I just need to get some chocolate for my group at work and my boss (the new boss is a big fan of dark chocolate), and the shopping will be complete.
Also, in the "helpful concierge" department, I asked them about a German restaurant nearby that I went to in April. I had no idea about the name or the location, but they pulled out a card for the correct restaurant with a map and Chinese name for the taxi. It's called Paulaner Brauhaus, and I'll be going there for dinner tonight. It's got to be cheaper than the hotel!
Saturday, I spent the day at the Qipu market. It's basically a multilevel mall that spreads over an entire city block. The stores on the lower levels are little more than stalls, similar to the Old Shanghai Market (Xiang Yang), which has been closed down. The higher you go, the more posh the business. I had a great time wandering around the lower levels for 4 or 5 hours, before I had to come up for air. And yes, I found some Pumas. :)
Sunday I went back to the Yu Yuan Garden, where we found a lot of cool stuff last year, although we never found the garden. This time I actually found the garden almost immediately, which was pretty funny since I wasn't looking for it at all. I also found some tea for
auspeople (although it's not the brand that they requested, sorry), a T-shirt for my coworker, gifts for Lager Rhythms and my mom, and a few cool things for me. :)Now I just need to get some chocolate for my group at work and my boss (the new boss is a big fan of dark chocolate), and the shopping will be complete.
Also, in the "helpful concierge" department, I asked them about a German restaurant nearby that I went to in April. I had no idea about the name or the location, but they pulled out a card for the correct restaurant with a map and Chinese name for the taxi. It's called Paulaner Brauhaus, and I'll be going there for dinner tonight. It's got to be cheaper than the hotel!
