The beautiful Bund is the heart of the city, a waterfront promenade lined with colonial-era buildings one side and Pudong district’s futuristic skylines on the other. This famous view showcases a period of time when China was invaded and colonized by the British and the French Concessions versus how much China had since overcame and advanced its city. The futuristic side of Shanghai, Pudong has many iconic buildings including the Oriental Pearl TV Tower (the pink sphere building) and the Shanghai Tower (the world’s second-tallest building).
Without a doubt, if I could live anywhere in the world, I would live in Shanghai. In fact, I planned on moving to Shanghai after college if it wasn’t for Bradley. I still remember the first time I went to Shanghai in the summer of 2010 for the world expo, officially known as Expo 2010 Shanghai China. Upon arriving the airport, I had this a sudden rush of feelings that I was home. So naturally, after chemo, one of the first places I wanted to go back to was Shanghai. I visited all my of favorite areas including Tianzifang 田子方, the City Temple of Shanghai 上海城隍廟, Xintiandi 新天地, among others.
I found my old-self during this trip. I visited the city in late April as the weather was getting hot. I had lost my hair and eyebrows due to chemo so I had been wearing a wig and drawing my eyebrows for a year. And, I still hadn’t gotten reconstruction surgery yet so I was stuffing my bras with t-shirts. However, because it was so hot in Shanghai at the time, I decided to stop doing all of that. Stopped wearing the wig, let the sweat ruined my makeup, and allowed myself to breathe again. For the first time since getting diagnosed with cancer, I finally felt like myself again.
Start with the original flavor (middle one) then try the Luffa Gourd (green one) then work your way up to foie gras (the darker beige one), black truffle, cheese, crab roe, garlic, and Szechuan spicy.
