[ProudBFan]

Hi everyone,

Tomorrow, I embark on my first-ever journey outside the Western hemisphere - a week-long business trip to Portland's "sister" city of Shanghai, China. I say "sister" in quotes because the relationship between Portland and Shanghai is both unofficial and nefarious. Here are a couple of links:

http://www.oregon.com/trips/pdx_shanghai.cfm
http://www.members.tripod.com/cgs-mt...unnels_FAQ.htm
http://portlandor.about.com/od/portl...nderground.htm

Side note: I found out just the other day that my step-dad's grandfather was "shanghai-ed" out of Portland not once, but twice. Guess he just couldn't stay out of those dive bars...

Anyway, if anyone here has ever visited Shanghai, please give me your sight-seeing recommendations. I will really have only 1 day for sight-seeing, but I want to cram as much in as I can.

Thanks,

PBF

[Schilly]

I've been to Shanghai tang...it's a department store in Hong Kong....Does that count?

[Schilly]

One piece of advice about China, Leave your food inhibitions behind, some things we normally would avoid due to the ewwww factor are actually quite good. After a week and a half in Hong Kong the food was teh real lasting impression I had.

[ProudBFan]

Originally Posted by Schilly

One piece of advice about China, Leave your food inhibitions behind, some things we normally would avoid due to the ewwww factor are actually quite good. After a week and a half in Hong Kong the food was teh real lasting impression I had.

Good advice, Schilly. I got back from Shanghai Saturday afternoon, but while I was there I tried my first oyster (don't laugh, I'm not a huge shellfish fan), cucumber juice (actually quite tasty), seaweed salad (yum!), and octopus (YUM!), among other things I'd never dream of eating here in the States.

Here's a link to some of the pics I took in Shanghai (for those interested): http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/proudb...bum?.dir=/b584

The 'View Slideshow' link in the upper right-hand corner of the album frame will save you some time.

Cheers,

PBF

[B_&_B]

cool pics!