What an exciting return from holidays. Settling into our new home in Jinqiao was a bit of a challenge as some of the things in our new apartment just didn’t feel immediately like ‘home’. And really I preferred our old place. There’s nothing wrong with this one... it’s a bit bigger, we have a pleasant outlook and we are only 10 mins walk from school!!
As usual we suffered through the usual maladies with Mike’s post-holiday blues, but with the beginning of a new school year, our little baby Ellie started school proper. She is in Miss Alicia’s toddler class at Dulwich College Kindergarten, affectionately (and officially) known as Ducks. She is enrolled for 5 mornings a week, and her timetable is filled with exciting activities including PE, Art, Music, Library and Mandarin. She loves going to school and has settled into the routine quickly and easily.
Mum and Dad were our first visitors to our new place and were quite happy with their new room, with en suite bathroom - quite agreeable and comfortable accommodation.
We took them on their first trip out of Shanghai with our dear friends from Michigan, on a day trip to Tongli. We all piled into their trusty Buick, babies on knees for 2 hours basically west of Shanghai. Tongli is a water town, built on canals, it really is beautiful and there are lots of peaceful gardens to explore. It is also home to an ancient sex museum, which we opted to visit - fortunately for us, our kids were actually sleeping for that part of the excursion, however MJ had some curly questions for his poor mum!!
While Mum and Dad were here, we also celebrated Fathers Day with a breakfast in one of the summer houses on the lake in our compound. We also visited the Shanghai World Financial Centre, the current tallest building in China, which is very impressive. And indulged in some new culinary delights, including the world famous Yangs Fried Dumplings from Wujiang Lu and a Hunanese restaurant called Di Shui Dong - delish!
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