Today has probably been one of our longest days of Orientation thus far, so this post will mainly just be pictures. After lunch, our last activity of the week was a Scavenger Hunt. At first we thought that the scavenger hunt would just be between on campus and off campus nearby areas...boy were we wrong... Here's a bit of what went down today. Enjoy!
I love asian breakfasts! So far, we've had this crepe thing, with egg, a brown sweet and savory sauce, scallions, with a crispy tofu skin wrapped inside of it, and bao zi's (Buns usually with a savory filling. The more popular fillings include pork and vegetables) for breakfast. Did I also mention that the bao zi's cost only 1.50RMB for one, which is 25cents, and the crepe costs us only 3RMB, which is 50cents?! Yeah... I don't think I will be able to go back to eating milk and cereal for breakfast after this semester...cereal isn't worth it anymore...
NYU treated us to dim sum for lunch at Royal Garden Restaurant located inside Zhongshan Park. NYU version = dim sum on steroids. Since we were such a large crowd, we had dim sum foods set as a banquet style, so everything was in larger portion sizes.
After lunch, it was off to the Scavenger Hunt! Our group consisted of Marissa, Chloe, Georgina, Garrick, Elissa, and myself. Lucky for us, Georgina is a local; therefore, she knew how to get everywhere; otherwise, I'm pretty sure we would have given up and just gone home. Our first stop on this hunt: People's Park.
Some things we had to do for the scavenger hunt even included taking a picture while holding a Chinese baby, eating chicken feet, riding a ride at the amusement park, bargaining with a local vendor, having someone use their "survival Chinese" skills, taking group pictures on the subway, and much more craziness.
One of the stops on this scavenger hunt was the Bund (外滩）. This is the one location in Shanghai that I have been wanting to see since I have arrived. The picture above is of the famous Shanghai skyline as seen from the Bund, which is a waterfront area in Central Shanghai stretching Huangpu River. The Bund replicates European architecture and is one of the main areas of Shanghai that has a huge international presence.
The Bund Bull. This bull is said to replicate the Wall Street Bull (same height, weight, and length). Guess there's no need to see the Wall Street one anymore! (jk...i still really want to see that one too)
The Zig Zag Bridge located in the Yu Yuan Gardens.
After the amount of walking we did today, I don't think that gym membership will be necessary anymore. On top of all that, we got to experience for the first time the crazy pushing and shoving of Shanghai subways at rush hour...trust me, having your head directly under someone's armpits for about 15 mins of the subway ride is not fun! Shanghai is definitely larger than I imagined, and I'm excited to see more of it and actually explore further into these areas that we ran through today.
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