On our last day in Shanghai we headed to a charming little alley off of Taikang Lu that we had found with my Dad on a walking tour of the French Concession earlier in the week. After seeing my Dad and Trey off to the train station for their sleeper train to Beijing, we were all set to take off. Until we realized that my Dad had been navigating and we had no idea how to get back. Google maps is only slightly helpful in China because a lot of roads and even metros are only labeled in Chinese. So, we made our best guess and headed off. We exited the metro alongside a major road with flashing lights and tall buildings all around us. This did not look familiar. We were totally confused that our charming little alleyways could be within a couple blocks. But, we set off. And eventually found our way back to familiar territory and found the cute little alleyways lined with shops and small restaurants.
We ended up at a little Thai place called Corner Asia and ordered some egg rolls, a vegetable curry, and pad thai. They brought out our beers a little tray with sliverware and napkins on top. They then brought out the egg rolls. We looked around, but our chopsticks were nowhere to be found. All that we had was a silver fork and spoon. Hmmm... we decided it was finger food. Then they broughts us out our main dishes and steamed rice. Although this posed less of a problem to eat with a fork and knife, we were, nonetheless, shocked at how foreign and awkward the fork felt after eating exclusively with chopsticks for the past couple weeks. I suppose it doesn't take long to adjust to these things. After dinner we headed home and packed up our bags for our trip to Yangshuo
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