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| Noodle pulling is an art at the 'Henan Lamian' shop close to our house. Noodles are made fresh and 'with attitude' for each order |
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| 'A Niang Noodles' dishes up 'croakers' (yellow fish) in a broth that is so tasty there are line ups every day at lunchtime. |
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| This tiny animal market a block from our house sells 'lucky' crickets in bamboo baskets (at right) as well as birds, turtles, chickens, cats, ducks, chipmunks…. One of the bird shops has a resident cat…go figure?! |
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| On a 'gangster tour' of Xintiandi we learned about the opium dealers and how the drugs were safely delivered in police cars. We also got to try our hand at pickpocketing and cheating at cards. Yes, our year of homeschooling is going very well! |
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| Shanghai has copious examples of art deco as the 'Bund' (financial district) and many of the expat neighborhoods were built in the early 1900's. Monika and Daniela (visiting from Canada) were kind enough to believe that we knew what we were talking about. |
