Shopping in Shanghai....

Shopping was the name of the game today. I had Will with me and one week left in our hotel and we were after a nice, soft, comfortable is that too much to ask – bed (oh and maybe a digital camera for me so I can turn this blog into a multimedia experience). Jerry, our favorite compatriot expatriate gave us shopping tips. These of course are the places he has seen on the credit card bill from Patty (just kidding). Anyway, he gave us some good tips and I wanted to take Will back to Hola! (Yes, Spanish word for Hello is a very popular Pier1 of sorts in Shanghai) where I had also seen a pseudo-tempurpedic bed.

I’m sounding like a broken record here but the whole process is exhausting. That, and our approach is different (Will vs Tracy) in how to communicate. Tensions mounting and Tracy is not feeling that good anyway. We know we found a few good options and call it a morning - we say I love you and head back to the hotel (Will has *almost* a year of marriage experience in handling “Cranky Tracy”). Now we leave it in the hands of Will’s coworker who speaks Mandarin to help us order the bed and deliver it to our apartment successfully.

Tomorrow – we are off on our first trip outside of Shanghai – on bikes no less. Check out www.cyclechina.com and go to the Shanghai link. We are doing one of day trips to check out the company – but if anyone sees a trip they like…let us know….