Today we met Lindsay and her children and Kate and her children at the bus stop at 8:30 am to head down to the Gubei area of Shanghai. They have some shops there and we thought it would be a fun activity to do with the kids.
The bus ride was a lot of fun and Josh and Clark did pretty good sitting still until we arrived. The traffic again was not bad and we made it there in about 30 minutes. The bus dropped us off at one of my favorite donut shops from the States--Dunkin Donut. We each got a drink and donut and sat down and enjoyed our treat. All the kids were really cute with my mom, as they all called her Nana. We took pictures out front and then went over to one of the shops to walk around.
After walking through there and getting some raisin bread at a great bakery, we decided to venture up the road to look at an antique furniture store and some other shops. This was quite the adventure as we had to cross an extremely busy road that runs underneath the main elevated road of the city. We looked like quite the sight as we were by far the only foreigners around and with all the children as well.
We did a quick run through and then headed back to the bus stop. The children all had a great time on our little adventure, and when we got back we decided to eat lunch all together at the clubhouse. The older children sat at a table by themselves, with the adults and little ones and the table next to them. They were so excited to be sitting alone.
Overall it was a great day, but made me sad to think there are not many times like this in the future, as Kate and her family will be leaving to move back to the States this Christmas. The one promising part is she is from Minnesota so hopefully we will be able to get together in the future.
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