It was a beautiful (except for the smog) Sunday in Shanghai and we decided to head into town to have a little lunch and check out the Bund. We had lunch at Din Tai Fung which in 1993 was ranked as one of the world's top 10 restaurants by The New York Times. They are famous for Xiaolongbao which are small steamed buns or dumplings available in many different flavors. Even our pickiest eater, Nicholas, polished off his share of the pork dumplings- so many we had to place a second order! Boy those Chinese know how to do "buns".
After lunch we headed down to "The Bund" - a less than one mile strip of waterfront area that separates Puxi from Pudong. It is lined with many restaurants and shops and has great views of many of the tall financial buildings in Shanghai. As usual our sight seeing turns into a sight to see for the Chinese people. A man came rushing up to us and in his best English he belts out "Welcome to Shanghai - now I take picture of your boys?" "NO" - we said and jumped into a cab back to the walls of Vizcaya to shut our door and try to escape China.
WOW Nick lost a tooth!!
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