The morning began just as cold as the night before and our
room’s space heater seemed to be more like an prop. And as unhealthily as it is, I almost would
have preferred to burn some coal and ditch the space heater, BURRRRR!!
Beijing was great, but we were ready to see what Shanghai
had to offer. Travel to Shanghai was
pretty smooth. After we got checked in,
we were off to find some food (seemed to be the reoccurring mission). The bellman pointed us in a direction and we
wandered into an area with several restaurants.
We walked into one that a looked like it had good ambiance, but when we
begain to approach the hostess stand they began snickering and giggling. They pointed and said "fee~ish"
then walked us over to a fish pond/aquarium and took the net to scoop a large
flappy fish out if the tank and shake it towards us – knowing we would not be
interested in that dining experience. We
scuffled out….Um, no thanks.
Next door we found the Mongolian BBQ restaurant that turned
out to be a great choice. They didn't
have English menus & didn't really speak English, but they seemed to know
exactly what we should order. It turned
out pretty good. The tables had little
grills on it for us to cook our own food.
It was entertaining and nobody got hurt (or sick). I am not real picky with food, but I can't
eat anything that is looking at me or resembles the live animal- weird yes, but
just can't do it. So it was big steps
when I had to cut a shrimp’s head off it eat it. L
