Last night we managed to escape the constant business heartbeat, which does not miss a beat on the weekends, and spend a few hours on the town, at Jian Guo 328, the Flask and Ojis. Continue reading “Night on the town”
Night on the town
Chicken delivery
Another interesting episode that happened last weekend:
We received a package per mail. It contained raw chicken parts. The end.
Christmas town
Already last week, we spent the few precious hours of free time at the Shanghai Medieval Christmas Town. A place the aims to resemble a German Christmas Market and seemingly serves as a meeting place for all mixed german chinese couples, whose German partner can say: “Oh look honey, that’s what Christmas in Germany is like”. Continue reading “Christmas town”
DVDs
We stopped by or local shop to buy a few movies. Yes, DVDs are one of the few things that are cheap in Shanghai. Strictly legitimate, of course, judged to the best of our capabilities…
Christmas Party
One of the perks of having ones partner with at the German Consulate is the invitation to their Christmas Party at the Consuls residence at Yongfu Lu (including singing of Christmas songs, eating and getting the beer served by the Consul himself). Continue reading “Christmas Party”
Happy Birthday
Celebrating my 29th birthday by now is a routine and starts to become a valued tradition. It’s the 8th time I celebrate this event (fitting, with8 being the Chinese lucky number).
I received many happy birthday wishes and I am very thankful to all of you thinking of me on this day. Continue reading “Happy Birthday “
Wuhan, Shenyang
Winter weather is a bit ugly. Shanghai was warm (19C) and foggy, Wuhan a bit rainy (15C) and Shenyang bitter cold (-15C). There is a lot going on at the moment, so I am happy to have a weekend in Shanghai. Continue reading “Wuhan, Shenyang”
TV Dinner – Chinese Style
Today, we (mainly Michi) made TV Dinner, Chinese Style: Hot pot with all the good stuff we hunted at the “wet market”. Continue reading “TV Dinner – Chinese Style”
Connected Car Bigshot in Shanghai
“Der Bambussaft war neu und sehr lecker.” Ilja Radusch, 2015
We are getting almost quite good at this “getting visited” thing. Apparently, from the perspective of German travel departments we our apartment is a dangerous place to stay (for the threat of abduction, and worse). Anyway, Ilja was here for serious work, so he could not stay with us. We showed him around, esp. To our favorite bar at the Hyatt on the Bund, to my favorite tailor WW Chan (also I am jealous that he got a suit while I never got more than shirts) and to our favorite eating places. Definitely cool was the untour breakfast tour, we did on Saturday (yes, we got up at six…). We had breakfast pancakes, bauzes (sweet and salty), pot stickers, noodles and egg tarts, all around Donghu Lu in the French Concession. Continue reading “Connected Car Bigshot in Shanghai”
Rock Nacht at the German Center
Saturday was Rock Night at the German Center. Christian Sommer, the GC CEO, had kindly invited us to the 20th anniversary celebration. For those of you planning business in Shanghai, check out there website. The GC is huge; 2 buildings with office space and apartments… and a big event space. Continue reading “Rock Nacht at the German Center”