Greetings from Shanghai!
We have finally arrived! The trail here has been long and complex and we still have a a fair amount of administrivia to conquer before we can consider ourselves thoroughly settled, but the worst is behind us and the summit is in sight!
We are currently living in a serviced apartment provided by the company in Xu Jia Hui which is a nice central district with excellent shopping and lots of great places to eat. We’ve been busily looking for a more permanent place to live, and think (fingers crossed) we have found a nice place in Lu Jia Zui - just across the river from the office. We’ll keep you posted.
In the meantime we are really loving Shanghai and very happy with our decision to move here, even if it is a bit ungodly hot at the moment. Thank goodness for AC! My Chinese seems to be holding up ok, most people can understand me and I can manage basic communication, though my vocabulary is very limited. Unfortunately, I do very much struggle to understand what people say to me in response! They all speak very fast and use lots of words I don’t know! Still, English doesn’t go very far here, so I’m very pleased that I have a bit of a head-start in the language stakes.
Here’s a few pics from our first few days here in Shanghai:
Our temporary place in Shanghai.
