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Tag: Shanghai

Shanghai, Shaun the Sheep and Shenzhen

Posted on August 14, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

It was at 04:00 this morning when the wake-up call blasted in our ears and jolted us from sleep once more.  We had 45 minutes to be ready and down in the hotel foyer to collect our “breakfast box” (as the dining room wasn’t open at this unearthly hour) as the bus was due to…

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Off Again, on a Train and a Plane

Posted on August 10, 2012July 23, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Our early-morning wakeup call was even earlier today than yesterday: 06:30 hours, and we had to be ready to leave by 08:00am.  Fancy coming away on holiday just to be up earlier than you are when you have to go to work! We had our breakfast, a mixture of Chinese and Western style buffet food,…

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Sixty in Shanghai

Posted on August 9, 2012July 23, 2022 by bollingerbabe

TREVOR’S 60th BIRTHDAY Our jet-lagged sleep was shattered by a wake-up call at 06:45 hours this morning (!!) as we were due to leave the hotel at 08:15 to board our tour coach for a very full, action-packed day. Today is Trevor’s 60th birthday, and here we were spending it in Shanghai.  Certainly a different…

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Oh, Why Are We Waiting?

Posted on August 8, 2012April 20, 2022 by bollingerbabe

While watching the Skymap I suddenly noticed that, for some strange reason, the destination had changed from Shanghai to Beijing, and the time left had dropped to one and a half hours.  Strange, as we aren’t due to visit Beijing until later in the holiday. Just then, one of the flight attendants made an announcement…

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