Shanghai Collected

Christmas gift ideas for him

{Christmas is around the corner and we all know it isn't easy to find the perfect gift in Shanghai. Here are just a few ideas, but you can also check out last year's list or this blog's shopping section for more inspiration.}

Taobao Find - More clothes

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From here.

 

Mario Testino's exhibition - Not so private

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My initial objective this weekend was to visit the recently opened China Art Palace but I did not have enough time to get through the painful process to get the entrance tickets (read this if you think I am exaggerating).

Instead I settled for Mario Testino’s exhibition in Shanghai, which is set to stay in Shanghai until Dec, 2^nd.

 

Be part of a documentar​y about European expats

Due Monete is a young production company based in Italy now working on a big project about European expats  “In the Meanwhile”. It is a cross media documentary that aims to answer questions many young European are dealing with in our era: Is Europe a place where projects and dreams can still come true? Is leaving your own country the only way to realize them now?

 

How To - Get a Driver's License in China

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I can now officially add one new item to the list of random things I have done in China: getting my Chinese driving license. 

No, not just having my foreign driving license converted into Chinese law. I actually learned to drive and went through every steps of getting an official Chinese driving license. It was hell of a process so if some of you are planning to embark in this adventure, here's a recap of my own experience.

Meet my ride...