Slumming it in first class...

Talk about starting the holiday in style, we have finally arrived in Shanghai after a very long flight where we were upgraded to first class, yes first class! Turns out they had too many economy passengers and had to bump some of them up to premium, good for us, we were very excited and rang everyone to let them know! Since i only got one reply i can only imagine they were very jealous! It was awesome, a pod each which can turn into a bed, free champagne...if only i liked champagne! 3 course meal, a duvet, pillow, pj's...the list is endless. There was also little aeroplane salt and pepper pots which obviously got pinched! We also got a delightful 3 course meal, salmon and feta salad with avocado and pea shoots for starter, ham hock on a vegetable consomme for main and strawberry cheesecake for pudding. We also had a massive choice for breakfast, i plumped for the blueberry pancakes with berry compote - very delicious.











Upon arrival past customs we were greeted by a very excitable Chinese lady called 'Tracey' - this is her English name. After roll call she pulled a bunny on a stick out of her bag and said this is what we are to follow during the tour?! So...very busy streets...with a bunny floating overhead to try and follow! Hmmmm...we'll see how that goes!

We made it to the hotel fine via the Shanghai freeways - you could see the skyscraper skyline in the distance with the ball building! All this to come! We checked in and got to our room on the 16th floor - and it was massive - with a view of big buildings.











After dinner of pig neck, boiled shrimps and seaweed to name a few dishes, we went on a night tour of Shanghai - OMG they must have the biggest electricity bill! Everything is lit up, it looks amazing, but it is still red hot, 34C at 9pm! We drove down to the bund which is a 1000m long road along the river. Here we saw the big ball building all lit up - it is actually a TV broadcast place and called the Pearl Tower. There is also a massive bottle opener type building which is one of the newest skyscrapers and is all glittery at the top, very trendy. I'm sure it has been on Megastructures. We also stopped at Nanjing Road, their busiest shopping street, kind of like Oxford Street, at 9pm it was still crazily busy.










Although struggling to keep my eyes open we came back past the 2010 Shanghai Expo - a collection of buildings and spaces showing the rest of the world to China. Apparently the Olympics is inviting the rest of the world into China and the Expo is showing China what the rest of the world is like. The architecture is amazing and very bright at night. Oh before i forget all over the city, in buildings, on pavements, on the walls there is a blue character called Haibao which means 'Treasure of the Sea' - he is the Expo mascot and is very cute.


Definitely ready for bed by the time we got back...get some sleeps ready for tomorrow.

Oh we saw Chris de Burgh at the airport...Lay in Red, dadadadada...and i got searched again! In every country it seems i look dodgy!