After a late night of downing Crown Royale, which we bought from the duty free store for Aprilita, we awoke early for our first day in Shanghai.
With my former college roommate April as our guide (April currently lives in Taiwan and visits Shanghai regularly on business), we headed out to the French Concession area of the city for our first excursion. The French Concession was an area of French settlement that was actually under the authority of the French government. There were also British and International concessions in this international city of commerce.
We walked through an outdoor market on the perimeter of the concession, where we found ham hocks, live chickens and a basket of eels. I got reprimanded for taking photos of the fascinating array.
Inside the perimeter, we zig-zagged inside the narrow alleys going in and out of small boutiques and art galleries. I bought a silk scarf from one of the boutiques (I wore it almost every day after), and we also bought a photograph from one of the galleries.
Later we had lunch at a restaurant along one of the winding alleys.
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