I haven’t really kept up my daily activity posts only because we haven’t really done anything to write home about besides eating Korean bbq, Starcraft, and walking around the shopping districts in meyongdong and dongdemun.
So after much planning and anticipation the day finally came. It was the day we would go to the GOMTV station to watch people play Starcraft competitively at the GOM TV station.
Last night we got into seoul. It kind of annoys me that for a 6pm flight you must be there early therefore we left at 3pm and the entire traveling portion eats up the rest of your day.
So this required its own blog post because it was so amazing.
Aaron suggested going to a hot pot place he hasn’t been to but has heard a lot about it. The restaurant name is Hai Di Lao (海底捞) and up to this point I thought the restaurant service at Fogo De chao was the best I’ve ever had…I was SO wrong.
We didn’t really have much of an agenda for our last full day of Shanghai besides meeting up with my friends Aaron and Gulya from BLCU so we asked Dinghan where we could go to check out some worthwhile stuff. He suggested the Fabric Market where you can bargain for clothes and suits.
Ok I’ll admit, this is the part of the trip where blogging becomes a little challenging for me to keep up with. Not that I don’t like doing it but it takes time and effort to recap what we did that day and get the pictures cropped and uploaded.
Nothing really eventful happened yesterday. We caught our plane to Shanghai from Beijing and arrived around 5. Riding the subway to our hostel’s stop took FOREVER, probably a 1.5 hr train ride. I’m not sure if there’s just more stops here or that the trains are slower than in Beijing.
Today we had a big agenda to fill. I thought we would go visit the Bird’s nest at the Olympic Park, Tian An Men square, the Forbidden City, and San Li Tun.
The Great Wall was one of the top priorities for this trip. I did go last time I was in Beijing but my school organized the trip and I was unsure how we were going to get there this time.
I think this post is more of an update for all the friends that I made at BLCU and me reminiscing about the time that I lived in Beijing for a semester 5 years ago.
