My weekends are Mondays and Tuesdays, because I work for a private English school, so our students come during the week after school, and then most come on the weekends. So on my days off it is rather nice to go to touristy things, because since most people do that on Saturdays and Sundays, there are a LOT less people on Monday and Tuesday :) This past "weekend" I ventured to the Zhujiajiao Watertown with two girls that I work with. It was about an hour away from the city, but still considered to be in Shanghai. Getting there was quite the journey, because we missed the tourist bus that we planned to take, but found a nice gentleman with a van who was willing to drive us there AND back for only 300 RMB, so that's 100 RMB each (only $15)!!! We were a little skeptical, but in the end it seemed to be the most convenient, since he agreed to drive us back afterwards. It ended up being perfect, he was very friendly and although he spoke no English, we were able to have broken Chinese conversations with him and before long we had arrived at the Watertown! We we all starving, so as soon as we got there we went straight to a cute little restaurant that overlooked the water on the town. Next, we took a boat tour around the town with a comedic guide who tried desperately to make us laugh, and was successful due to his poor English. The tour only lasted about 20 minutes and then dropped us off on the other side of the town to explore. We found lots of tourist traps with many stores repeated and all asking different prices for the same items (you have to be a great bargainer in China). The town itself was very beautiful, and we even spent some time in the temple there. At one point we decided to walk off the beaten tourist path to get a look at "authentic" China watertowns and we really did get to see the old beaten up houses and areas. It was very eye opening. After getting lost for a little, we finally found our way back and naturally I ended the trip by buying a whole bundle of colorful mooncakes :) That evening a bunch of my coworkers and friends decided to go to "Fat Cow" for dinner.... yes the name says it all. This burger joint has buy one get one burger deals on Monday, and it just so happened to be a Monday!! Safe to say that I am 100% not a vegetarian anymore as I ordered a burger with bacon!!!! IT WAS FANTASTIC! After this outing, we decided we will be starting a "foodie group" that meets once a week at different restaurants to try different foods in Shanghai, because the diversity of food in this city is insane. Stay tuned for weekly "foodie group" posts to come and prepare for a mouth watering picture at the bottom of this post.....
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