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Shengsi, an island off the coast of Shanghai
On our weekend getaway (which happened to fall on a Tuesday and Wednesday), we went to the Shengsi islands. We…
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Suzhou with a random Chinese family
Our trip to Suzhou turned out well. Our friend from the train was extremely kind to us (we still don’t…
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Chinese brands for language geeks
Tomorrow we are going to Suzhou (it’s 30 min by train from Shanghai) — we’ve been invited by a girl…
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Crisps and beer in China
We went out last night for a dinner in McDonalds. After that, we headed to the nearest convenience store for…
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Our daily life in Shanghai
The past couple of days we were involved in the following activities:
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Smog & a bit of Chinese for today
All is well, we are just getting lost in all this smog.
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What fits into 8 kilos?
We spent most of this weekend in the library, on the running track (10 km!), relaxing, and cooking Hungarian goulash…
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Nanjing
Our Nanjing trip was quite eventful. We started off early morning with a high-speed train (300 km/h) to the “southern…
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What’s on offer in a Chinese supermarket?
We forgot to mention that we saw an overweight man yesterday (he was not Chinese).
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Shanghai Museum of Science and Technology
We went for a date to Starbucks last night (where the staff spoke exceptionally good English and called Samu ‘Sir’),…