Today was the first day of the “Golden week” holiday and I got a taxi to the airport at 3pm. When I arrived at 3.30pm at the check in desk I was asked if I wanted to change to an earlier flight (my flight wasn’t supposed to be until 5.40pm) and I was put onto the 4pm flight so I had to rush through the airport. I boarded the plane and there were empty rows of seats and no one sat next to me so I could stretch out which was nice! The flight was 1 hour 40 minutes and I arrived in Shanghai at 6pm. I got a taxi to the hostel and practised my Chinese on the taxi driver (it is a standing joke amongst a few of the teachers that every taxi we get into I try to practice my Chinese, but I only know how to say hello, how are you, my name is Pippa, what’s your name, and I would like a taxi to the restaurant) So every time I get in a taxi I say these phrases, but then the taxi drivers usually think I can speak Chinese and start talking to me and have no idea what they are saying.
Shanghai is said to be the New York of China and I can understand why, it was dark (and raining heavily)as I was driving from the airport to the hostel and every building is lit up by coloured lights and looks so pretty. The city itself is really busy and the hostel is about a 5 minute walk from “the Bund” the famous area of Shanghai. The hostel is actually really nice (although I paid extra for a private room and en suite rather than stay in the dorms with communal showers and toilets!) There are 10 of us so far staying at this hostel and another group of people in a hostel down the road and then 10 more people staying somewhere else nearby so it will be nice to catch up with everyone.
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