Hangzhou

YESTERDAY: *took a train to visit another city called Hangzhou

2 hour train ride with stops
checked into a fancy hotel
- only 4 stories, but it hovers diagonally over a mall
had a delicious lunch at a place called Shanghai Impressions
- beautiful restaurant
- delicious sticky rice dishes
head to Xiwu lake (west lake)
- super touristy area
- waited 40 minutes to get a good view of the water lightshow
- pretty neat! like the bellagio but only once per night and 4 songs in a row
wandered around a bit
- found a public Chinese opera performance
- they were in the window of a bridge between two high rises
dinner at a little restaurant
- turns out they had a back area which was much fancier
- dongbei pork was pretty tasty
- vinegar fish was tasty too
head back to hotel

TODAY:

breakfast at the hotel
- tasty chicken noodle soup
head to train station
- return back to Shanghai
dropped by hotel
- picked up my package from manufacturer visit
- hotel had some weird power issues
- unable to check-in
head back out to a fancy restaurant
- called 3 Warehouse and it’s popular on social media
- food wasn’t bad, but this was more about pictures
- croaker fish was delicious
- couldn’t taste the truffle oil with my sore throat though
picked up some food from a different mall
drop by Jackie’s 2nd uncle on dad’s side
- Uncle Willy is father to Margaret (in NYC) and Katherine (in HK)
- he’s bedridden and on dialysis
went for a walk outside his apartment
- super nice area
head back to hotel
- power is back on luckily
laundry
went to sleep early

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