Nana and Papa’s Asian Adventure Part 3: Shanghai

After our stay in Thailand, Nana and Papa flew back to Shanghai with us to spend a week and get a glimpse of our life in China. Enjoying a little downtime after vacation, we took a lot of neighborhood walks and enjoyed cozy evenings at home. Isaac even took Papa on a spin on his motorbike around Kangqiao. Still, we didn’t let Nana and Papa leave without exploring a little bit of the biggest city in the world! I didn’t bring my camera for many of our outings, but we had a great time showing them a handful of our favorite highlights around Shanghai. We sipped basil martinis and dined on yummy food with our “Shanghai family” at Sichuan Citizen, visited the ever-entertaining marriage market in People’s Square, walked the Bund and surrounding neighborhoods, dined on Hunan cuisine at Lost Heaven, and did our best to buy out all the purses, jerseys and shoes at the Science and Technology fake market. Of course, as soon as Nana and Papa left we thought of so many more places we should have taken them! Guess they’ll just have to come back!

Skyping with family back in Oregon.

We had a belated birthday celebration for Sandy one evening and ate entirely too much!

At the Shanghai Marriage Market, where parents and grandparents post advertisements in hopes of finding the perfect match for their children and grandchildren. You’ve truly got to see it to believe it!Selfies at The Bund. It’s a must if you visit Shanghai.

Yep, Sandy, that face pretty much sums up how everyone feels about Shanghai at one point or another!

Xie Xie, Nana and Papa, for making the long trek over the Pacific to spend these precious weeks with us! It was truly a joy and such an honor for us to be able to share this part of our lives with you. What adventure should we go on next?