So here is a quick update on how things are going for us while we are wondering about. We just finished up six wonderful days in Beijing and now we are in a hotel relaxing a little before a big day tomorrow.
So early early this morning we got up and headed for Beijing South railway station. It was there that we caught the G117 train of which is the above picture. The train line that we were on is only two weeks old. The train is the new “maglev” train installed that runs between Beijing and Shanghai. The train journey normally takes 13 hours but this one it only took about 5 hours! It was great and fun to think that we were traveling at 190 mph.
After we arrived in Shanghai we took a subway to our hostel. That was when the hiccups began. Once we arrived at the stop that we needed to get off, we found out that we could not get off at the exit that the hostel’s directions told us too. After a fair bit of asking the white people that we saw around us, we finally made it to the check-in counter.
In the first paragraph you might have noticed that I said hotel rather than hostel. That is because right as told the lady at the front desk my name she explained that the lady that was in our room was planning on staying another night and as such were over. They then told us that they had booked us at hotel and were going to pay the difference for the booking. It was soo very nice of them to do that, it just took us away from the central location that hostel had. Oh well, we have a place to sleep and that is good enough.
So here we are, in a random hotel in the middle of Shanghai. It’s fun. And am falling asleep wring this and so I am gonna call it a night. Love ya all!