You know how, when you’re packing your stuff, you always get that sinking feeling like you’re forgetting something? Well, last Sunday, as I was packing for my flight back to Xi’an, I did actually forget something. No, I did not leave anything behind in Shanghai (well at least not unintentionally), I did however forget to take my pocket knife out of my hand luggage and put it into my suitcase :$
Last weekend I went out dancing two nights in a row after a long time of absence from any club. First up was my first experience of Drum ‘n Bass in China with the famous DJ Makoto and MC Deeizm in the awesome BonBon club. Second, on new year’s eve, we went to the hippest place to be in Shanghai right now: the Attica club; right at the Bund and really expensive, but hey.. it was new year’s eve 
On the weekend just before Christmas I went to HangZhou which is one of the most popular places to visit for Shanghainese in the weekend and I can see why. HangZhou is, up till so far, the most relaxed place I’ve been in China; people stroll calmly across the streets and hawkers don’t shout at you and grab you. And to top it all of there is the famous West Lake (Xihu) with beautiful views and things to see all around it.
In the weekend of 16 and 17 December I visited Yuyuan garden and bazaar and Qibao reconstructed historical part of town. Both are sights in Shanghai, easily reachable by taxi.
The Yuyuan garden was quite beautiful despite the time of year thanks to it’s heavy use of decorative stones and evergreen. It almost felt like a garden in Suzhou, but this was in the middle of Shanghai! I’m definitely going to show this to my mother when she visits Shanghai at the end of the month.
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