Oh happy day :-) (again)

Last week I applied for some internship from June to September 2008 in a company located in Guangzhou China.
Only I few hours later I got the response, and: PASSED :-D
So in about 8 month I am going to have my delicious Chinese cuisine (especially cantonese dumplings ^^) back, plus some extra money :)

Wanna feel like a superstar?

So, what do you need to feel like somebody famous? Correct, a crowd. Well, here's the other question: How do get your crowd? This is a bit more complicated...
In my case it was quite easy: I was travelling through China and I am 2.10 meters (6.10feet) tall. So some people in Shanghai even asked me to take a picture with me...

China is different...

Well some might say now: "Wow brilliant title. Tell me something I don't know yet!".
But it is true. From weird washing machines to funny TVs, it IS different. But maybe you guys just take a look ^^

Almost forgotten

Hah, because of some post-china stress I almost forgot to post the link to gallery containing the last few pictures. It is not a bunch of pics like the other days but I slept over 7 hours on the flight from Shanghai Pudong to Moscow Sheremetyevo...
So here, it is:

day 15 - the way home :'-(

SIDENOTE: Alltogether I made 3032 pictures on my trip. That's a file volume of 32,3 GB because I just took RAW pictures. But even as JPEG they still have a total size of 15,7 GB.

Zai Jian China :'(

Today is a sad day... I have to return to Germany...
After 14 really nice days in the middle kindom it is now time to head back home and leave a really great time behind. I am sure, this wasn't the last time I went to China.
So, Zai jian China. I will miss your cities and your people :-(

PS: Day 14 - Shanghai Pudong, last night

Today is last day in Shanghai :'(

Too bad... I just woke up and it is a really bad feeling to know it is the last day in China... :(
Trust me, I don't wanna leave tomorrow. There are still so many nice things I would like to see.
I even had to PK the trip to Hangzhou and many other things :(
Well, maybe next time. I hope it won't take to long till my next visit to China...


PS: Here are some new picture galleries:

• Day 11 - First day in Shanghai, Shopping tour
  
• Day 12 - Tongji University, new hotel, Paulaner Brauhaus, Bund
  
• Day 13 - Jinmao tower
  

Paper Mario meets Enter the Matrix

This morning I got the info that there is a cool online video game out in China called "Patrix".
Looks very interresting but maybe you should make your own opinion.

OMG Golden Week in Shanghai ;)

There are 3 weeks during the year where most people recommend not to travel to China. One is Chinese new year, another is during Labour day(May 1) and the last one is during the National day (October 1). The reason is, during these days, almost all companies are closed and their employees use this time to visit family members or travel to location like Hangzhou or Guilin. So every puplic place is very crowded during this time. To be honest: It is not soooo bad as expected.
OK, I've already been to Great Wall and Shanghai does not offer sooooo much sightseeing but more shopping and lifestyle experience. So in the end I think I can live with a crowded metro, because this is what I expected of China every day... ;)
Anyway, Shanghai is crowded everyday with or without golden week.
Today I will check out the Paulaner Hofbräuhaus in Shanghai Pudong to celebrate the German National day (German Reunification). Let's hope it will be fun :)

The first ten days - picture overview

Here's are the pictures of my China trip that I have uploaded so far:

• Day 1 - Duesseldorf Airport, Charles de Gaule, Guangzhou Hotel
  
• Day 2 - Teemall, Citic Plaza
  
• Day 3 - Baiyun Airport Guangzhou, Beijing Airport
  
• Day 4 - Tian'anmen, Houhai
  
• Day 5 - Wangfujing shopping street, Sega Game Center, Da Dong Restaurant
  
• Day 6 - Tian'anmen, Forbidden City, Liqun Restaurant
  
• Day 7 - Tiantan
  
• Day 8 - Bus trip, Great Wall, Wangfujing shopping street
  
• Day 9 - Houhai, China Post, Liqun Restaurant, Bars
  
• Day 10 - Beijing University, Shanghai Transrapid (Maglev)

Have fun ^^

Ta da :)

As promised, here are some of the picture gallery links ^^

• Day7 - Tiantan, Houhai Lake
• Day8 - Great Wall

The rest will follow later.

Zai Jian Beijing, Ni hao Shanghai

To be honest at the beginning I was a bit shocked about Beijing. Whereas Guangzhou was a positive suprise with its blinking neon lights and modern architecture, Beijing appeared suddenly so dark, boring and old-fashioned. Another reason for the first disappointment was that I lived in Guangzhou on Shamian Island in the 4* Guangdong Victory hotel, in Beijing I only had a Home Inn appartment that costed only a fifth of the first hotel.
So the first impressions combined with a 2 hours ride in a taxi to the hotel because of f****** traffic jam weren't very good.
But after a while I got used to it. Breakfast only costed 10 yuan (1Eur) and the location of only 400 meter distance to Tian'anmen plaza was faboulous.
Another hotspot of Beijing was Houhai. A beautiful lake with at least 40 different kinds of bars and restaurants. Well, today I had to leave Beijing that left a weird feeling. On the one hand sad about the nice time, which passed by so quickly and on the other hand happy to see Shanghai.

PS: Picturegallery upload works now. So some new pics will come soon :)