Category Archives: District of Shanghai

China Never Ceases To Surprise

Posted on October 18, 2016 by The Pearl

As I have not really published very much since this time last year, my stories of Shanghai, are now necessarily going to be sent to you out of date and most probably of all out of sequence.  So from now on … Continue reading →

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A Year’s Worth Of Books

Posted on October 17, 2016 by The Pearl

Followers of this blog will know that I have not written for a long time. Below is the last blog post I wrote, but never published.   It will go some way to explain why I walked away from writing online about … Continue reading →

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Inner Mongolian Restaurant: Xi Bei You Mian Cun – Xi Bei Oat Noodle Village

Posted on February 18, 2016 by The Pearl

Richard was the first to go to the Inner Mongolian Restaurant, taken there by his Chinese boss who hails from that northerly province of China that hugs the northern desert country of Outer Mongolia.  We went with Kirsty, Richard’s Scottish development … Continue reading →

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The Saga of The Not So Bold or Gold Fish

Posted on February 17, 2016 by The Pearl

When it became obvious that we were going to be asked to stay for another year in Shanghai I agreed with Richard that we should do a little bit more to make our apartment homely.  Arriving with three suitcases each … Continue reading →

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Brits Abroad Christmas Walk

Posted on February 2, 2016 by The Pearl

One of the things I have done since I joined Brits Abroad is to get involved in organising their walks.  These take place once a month and are led by someone who has researched either a completely new walk or updated an … Continue reading →

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Normally It Would Go Straight Up

Posted on December 28, 2015 by The Pearl

In the New World Dawan Department Store on the corner of Nanjing East Road and Henan Middle Road, next to Exit 7 of East Nanjing Road Metro station is this vast atrium with its array of exposed copper coloured lifts, which travel up … Continue reading →

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The Brits Abroad Christmas Party

Posted on December 24, 2015 by The Pearl

The Brits Abroad here in Shanghai have built themselves quite a reputation for having a fun time and their Brits Famous Christmas Party in the first week of December at the Four Seasons Hotel in Puxi was no exception.  I … Continue reading →

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Looking for Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2015 by The Pearl

Naturally Christmas is not a big thing here in Shanghai, although the big hotels, the shopping malls and the western restaurants all put Christmas decorations up during the first couple of weeks of December.  But there is not the western … Continue reading →

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Mr & Mrs M Go to Mr and Mrs Bund

Posted on October 27, 2015 by The Pearl

In the middle of September it was our Wedding Anniversary.  It was 25 years ago that I got married, dressed in scarlet, at Great Malvern Register Office and the following day we had a Service of Blessing at Great Malvern … Continue reading →

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The Game of The Sparrows

Posted on October 7, 2015 by The Pearl

One of the tasks I have set myself to do whilst I am in China is to learn how to play Mahjong.  My daughter plays, as did my mother and mother-in-law, but somehow I never learned.  It will be good … Continue reading →

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