TJ and Kris in Shanghai

TJ and Kris arrived Monday afternoon. Tony went to pick the kids up at the airport while I took the subway and bus to and from work - that's 1 hour 45 minutes each way! Only 45 minutes when we drive. As we only have one car I was on public transportation duty. Fortunately I got a seat both ways and class was short as it was final exam day! I met up with TJ, Kris and Tony as I was coming out of the subway heading toward the apartment, they were just having a walk around the neighborhood and enjoying the sights.

Tuesday morning we headed out to the fabric market to get a few items made for the kids. TJ, a new black double ply cashmere coat, 4 new work shirts and 2 new pairs of jeans. For Kris a new winter white coat. After that we went over to a small cafe and rebooted with some coffee and for TJ a shot of espresso as well! Here he is ready to caffeine up!

After the coffee fix we wandered through some of the old streets of Shanghai (forgot to take out my camera and shoot as I was enjoying watching the faces of TJ and Kris seeing the sights and smells of old Shanghai.) and ended up at YuYuan Garden for lunch at the famous Nanxing Steamed Bun Restaurant. Here we are eating up all the yummy food.

Since the weather forecast said today was going to be one of the warmest (45F) we decided to climb the Lupu Bridge. Unfortunately the day was very hazy so the view was not that great, but the climb was fun!

Here we are heading toward the bridge.

The stairs look quite steep in this picture but in reality they were not steep at all and the climb was very easy.

Here we are at the top. If you look to the left of Kris you can see the Chinese Pavilion at the Expo.

And here they are on the way down with the highway(s) in the background. A full day for all. We headed back to the apartment and everyone crashed from 4:30 - 7p. Even Tony, as he only arrived back from the States 18 hours before the kids did. No one was up for going out to dinner so grilled cheese sandwiches and salad for dinner.

Wednesday we have not made much of a plan yet but we are expecting Kris's dad and brother to arrive in the evening at 7pm.