Visitors! a fun week in Shangers

This time our Easterbunny held a very special present for us. Three of our oldest friends - Moni, Chris and Jochen -  from Germany came to stay with us. After their one week cultural tour to Beijing and Xi an , they made it for a fun week to Gao An Road, Shanghai. Just in time for Easter -  which  by the way is no holiday in China.

Still, this didn´t stop us from keeping up with our traditions and therefore for Easter Sunday we ventured out to Century park to join the locals for a picnic.

For my nan and sister I need to point out that the picnic basked was packed again with self baked Easter bunnies based on the recipe of my grand mother :-)

There is a lot to do in Century Park! For example enjoying the rides in the fun park....

...or letting kites fly which is officially not allowed.

But everyone does it and Jochen mastered it just like a local:

Later in the evening we took advantage of the good weather and enjoyed a "Easter BBQ" at home, followed by a late night of playing Jenga

Having discovered the convenience of our fake markets it was very soon time for

SHOPPING!

But we made sure that the cultural programm didn´t fall too short.

So we ventured out one day to Xujiajao Water town

and the area of  Tianzifang in Shanghai where the popular Teddybear cafe is located.

It is so cute! EVERYTHING is about Teddybears...

even the pizzas...

And on our last day we all ventured into old Shanghai to discover a bit of real China:

Dear Moni, Chris and Jochen:

Thanks for coming all the way across the globe to see us.

It was very special and just GREAT to have you round!

We will miss you and look forward again to see you on the other side :-)

With all our love from "Chinatown" :-)....