Day 12 ONLY THE BEST DAY EVER IN SHANGHAI, Endless Shopping, the Night Light, and Wondering Around With Some Cats

 The Jinmao Dasha, the building where we rode to the 88th floor and had a bird's eye view of downtown Shanghai. 

 At the top! Still amazing to see Shanghai with all its pollution. 

 All those times we were in the bus and passing by the apartment buildings and thinking how tall they were. Now, from the 88th floor, they look tiny. We met Wall-E. He was kind of quite and shy.

 Looking down the hotel from the 88th floor, this is looking down...

 The Oriental Pearl towerOur visit to the Bund, the riverside of the HuangPu River

 Had to get a Starbucks pick-me up again. 

 Yu Garden, where all bargainers' dreams come true.Getting ready for Chinese New Year !

 For lunch, we decided to get hot pot, where you wait for the food to be cooked right in front of you. We had some lamb, lettuce, blood…. It was really good.The awesome space themed restaurant we ate at. 

 Another famous restaurant in Ya Garden. Apperently, the Queen had lunch here once.All the fish!

  The actual garden portion of the garden.

Our group! With some random strangers

 

 

 

 As we exited out of the garden, it was time to shop (again). A lot of the salespeople were pretty hard to bargain with. They constantly harassed us to buy their things! I was always called "lady", so they would get my attention. I did a pretty good job of hold my ground. Eventually they give up in the end. 

the Bund

 

 For dinner, we had a meal on a boat ride overlooking the Bund and Nanjing Road. It was the prettiest night ever (:
 
 
 

Nanjing Road!

 

 

AGAIN, the kids went out again while the adults stayed in. We went to a book store and I saw this. One Direction has taken over the world.

Also, walking home, we saw some more markets on Nanjing Road. This one, you could also bargain at. I saw this watch that I liked. I was hoping it was like maybe at least 20 or 30 yuan. The saleswomen told me it was for 120 yuan. 120 YUAN! I could get a lower price back at home! She asked me how much I wanted it for. I said 20 yuan, and she was like "20 yuan ?" in a way as if I spoken in French or something. I was like "yes, 20 yuan" in a very straightforward way. We walked away, because I knew she'd never go for it. Funny thing is, she never stopped staring at us as we walked away. Hah, in her face.

Also another kid in our group had bought a pair of roller skates that a lot of vendors were selling. Once he bought some (only because he gave in to the pressure that every vendor were coming up to us, CONSTANTLY). Right after he bought a pair, every other vendor would come right up to us, LITERALLY EVERYONE, asking him if he wanted some. He would be like "I already bought a pair, you just saw me buy them, why would I want another pair ?!?!" We love Shanghai anyhow.