I haven't been blogging much lately but I have been busy! Not only with baby E. but I've also been working on another project: becoming an airbnb host!
I am very excited to finally be able to share the pictures with you. You'll find all details of the apartment on my Airbnb page, here.
Feel free to foward this link to any of your friends, colleagues, relatives who visit Shanghai. Looking forward to hosting all of you soon!
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A DVD may cost as little as RMB9 in Shanghai, I still very much enjoy going to the movies (an occasional blockbuster can't do that much brain damage, can it?). Of course, all the excitement dies when people around are eating loudly, answering their phone, trying to explain the storyline to their date... I've tried a few movie theatres in town, and my favourite is definitely the one in IFC mall: it's in Pudong, the dark side of the city but it's brand new, has reasonnably sized rooms (less people = less noise), including one VIP room with about 30 seats.
Tickets are slightly more expensive than elsewhere (RMB120/ticket for a regular movie, RMB140/ticket for a 3D one) but you can prebook them for half price right here (all in chinese though).
The best part is the newly opened ramen joint next door, which makes for a perfect quick pre-movie dinner.
Basil mint soda - Special Akamaru (RMB58)
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Getting the tickets was a hassle (but I do know people who simply showed up and were admitted freely) but it kep the crwods away and was definitely worth the trouble. The location is remote but the space itself impressive: not so long ago it used to be the Pavilion of Future during Shanghai Expo 2010, and was also once the site of the Nanshi Power Plant. Today, the building houses the Shanghai Power Station of Art, featuring an exhibition area of 1500 square meters.
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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, 2nd.
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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...
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I have been living in Shanghai for more than 2 years and yet, had never visited the Shanghai Museum. Last summer the outside queue had taken away all my motivation, but I recently decided to give it another try following some positive feedback.
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Spending the whole summer in Shanghai while everyone is enjoying holidays back home, or traveling around Asia really sucks. So we improvised another Shanghai staycation at Hotel Indigo (last one was at the Puli).
Detail from the room.
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If you haven't got any plans for this weekend, I highly recommend visiting the Van Cleef & Arpels' exhibition currently showing at the MOCA.
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Dinner at Char (Indigo Hotel): really expensive, yet boring (RMB600+/pax, not including wine).
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A perfect outdoor dinner at A Cote.
