Things here have been really busy since we have gotten back. Overall work is going good, just so much to do. We have booked our tickets to fly to Thailand for Christmas and the New Year. We will be in Phuket for about 8 days then spend a couple of days in Bangkok. It will be strange to not be home for the holiday season. One of our friends is cooking a turkey and invited us to come over but I think we will have Italian so it won't feel like we are missing it.....
There are stores over here putting up stuff for the holidays - but in general it is pretty small - since their new year celebration really happens the first week of February. It looks like we will be spending that holiday in Australia....we have several meetings down there and then will stay for about a week of vacation which should be really nice. We will probably go somewhere warm since it is the summer time for them....
We have bought a couple of cool pieces of artwork and furniture since we have come over so our apartment is starting to look a little less sterile....but it still has white walls and the korean victoria grandma furniture.....with winter coming we can tell it is going to get cold. We walked yesterday for a long time around the city because it was relatively nice (clear but cool)....we went to a great restaurant last night for dinner with customers...probably one of the best meals since we have been here. The view was of Radio Tower and The Bund.
One interesting thing since Expo has ended is how much the city is changing. We have only lived here since they were kicking off Expo and so the pollution was bad, but not what we expected - and you saw no beggar -- so I just thought that was how it was in the city. However, it turns out they were trying to minimize those items -- since the end of Expo the pollution has gotten much worse and there are a lot more people begging for money. During the Expo it was outlawed to wear your pajama's all day -- (in Shanghai about 15% of the population wear their pajama's all day long - they sell designer brands for people)....now that Expo is over you see a lot more pajama's during the day. We seriously thought of taking a picture with some of them because it is so funny. But I can't get up the nerve to ask them so we have no pictures....
Its hard to believe we have been almost 7 months - time goes so fast and the way we live is just so different from anything we have experienced before. Miss you all and hope you are doing well!
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