Always start with the first step
I had the chance to go to the Great Hall of the People during a Sino-German Economic Forum. Although we did not see the main auditorium, but a smaller hall, the visit was quite interesting, in particular since Li Keqiang and Angela Merkel each gave a speech. Continue reading “Visit to the Great Hall of the People”
After the great RC Dalian event, we decide to visit Dalian again since we did not really had time to visit the city. Continue reading “Dalian again”
The annual Rotary Convention was held in Seoul, this year. This gave us a good excuse to visit the city (as it turns out, none of the other Rotarians from Shanghai had been to Seoul before, despite frequently traveling via Incheon Airport). Continue reading “Seoul – Rotary Convention”
We are stuck at parking position at Pudong Airport. Airplane doors cannot be opened, because the Air Condition is broke. Logic? That’s China!
We are on our way back from Dalian (a mid size town of 6mio and one of the big ports in China. PE Robert had invited us to the RC Dalian Charter (actually, I invited us to a day of sailing, the Charter came with it). Continue reading “Sailing in Dalian”
Lazy weekend again. Yesterday, we had the most fantastic – no, THE best steak at Mortons in the IFC. 550g New York Strip for Michi and 650g Porterhouse Steak for me. What an experience (also the bill ;-)).
Today, we picked up Michis tailor made jeans and took a stroll along the Bund. I the spurr of the moment, we bought two tickets for the Shanghai River Cruise.
The ship took us 25 minutes downriver past the Cruise Terminal and then back. Unfortunately, we were hit by heavy winds and rain 5min after departure. But, we had paid for the VIP sun deck and we were not going to give it up… Continue reading “Huangpu River Cruise”
After 6(!) weeks of non stop action, we are on our second “free” weekend in Shanghai. Last QingMing weekend, we spend doing absolutely nothing (except churning through a few movies). Continue reading “Relax in Shanghai”
Last weekend, we stayed in Wuhan in order to actually see the city, after I had visited about 15 times. Since workload was heavy, we only had a few hours to look around. Continue reading “Wuhan – Sightseeing “
Our visitors are becoming more adventurous. Olaf, Inga, Horst and Matze challenged us to try something new. So we took it as opportunity to visit our first Shanghai Watertown, Qibao. Continue reading “Qibao Water Town”
I usually don’t post on business trips, but today I had maybe the best business lunch, yet. We drove an hour to the west of Guangzhou into the three river area. There, we had lunch by the river, great scenery (small fishing boats, fisherman living on bigger boats), great wild river shrimp. Continue reading “Guangzhou Riverfood”
As a present for Michis birthday, we spent a relax weekend in Qingdao. Relax meaning nice hotel, nice food, limited sightseeing. The weekend started in a rush, because it took me 3h to drive (be driven) 30km from the western outskirts of Shanghai to People Square. Actually, I had planned to go home and go to the airport from there, but after the driver managed to miss the tunnel entrance, I decided to get out and meet Michi in the Subway. Continue reading “Weekend in the city by the sea (Qingdao)”