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Day 5 [part 2]: Alright… Off we go! Into the foreign world!
When we got onto the platform, we just missed a train. The Disney Resort station is at the very end of the line. The only real plans for the day that we had were that we had lunch reservations at a chain restaurant called Din Tai Fung. They’re famous for their soup dumplings, and even though now there are locations EVERYWHERE, we figured it would be most fitting to have it while we were in Shanghai. SO all we knew was that we needed to get off at People’s Square and we can make our way from there. Fastest route from our maps app showed us that we needed to do two transfers to get there. (Jenna bought a small travel package for data use while in China, so we were able to have some bit of internet)
Map reference:
Our “here we go! Into the city we go!” faces
Since we had just missed the train, so we did a little bit of wandering and looking around at the station. It was pretty clean and nice looking. So far, our city experience has been pretty decent! We laughed at this since we hadn’t actually gone into the city yet…
Cute things
Signs!
Ahh. Floor signs to show that if you are wanting to get on, wait on the side
Our “here we go! Into the city we go!” faces
Since we had just missed the train, so we did a little bit of wandering and looking around at the station. It was pretty clean and nice looking. So far, our city experience has been pretty decent! We laughed at this since we hadn’t actually gone into the city yet…
Cute things
Signs!
Ahh. Floor signs to show that if you are wanting to get on, wait on the side
Some warning signs
The Disney decorations for those arriving to the resort
It’s so cute!
We found these video boards
The Disney decorations for those arriving to the resort
It’s so cute!
We found these video boards
We THINK it’s to tell us when the next train is coming. So we are guessing that the next train is coming in about 45 seconds, and the next one in ten minutes. So we guess it’s time to get ready to catch the train!!!
OUR FIRST SELFIE ON THE PUBLIC TRANSIT IN SHANGHAI!
(Whoops, I was a little bit over excited, it’s blurry)
We were literally the only ones on the train at our station haha. Very few people got on the next little bit. But then we got off and transferred at the Luoshan Rd. Station and it seemed like we were definitely going where people started to live.
Few more people on the train!
Courtesy Seating sign. I don’t know why but the illustrations amused me
Courtesy Seating sign. I don’t know why but the illustrations amused me
The train reached up to 90 km/hr! That’s pretty fast for a public transit train! We also noticed that visibility was okay… We were definitely able to see things out the window, but not very far. At the same time, we didn’t see a single person on the train wearing a face mask. But also, it was looking like it would get a little bit better throughout the day.
When we got off at Longyang Rd. station to transfer to our next train, we were definitely feeling like we had entered the city. Loads more people… Everyone going every which way. Jenna had to use a washroom, and she was majorly terrified of having to use a squatter. Luckily, we found a wheelchair assessable washroom! For sure they’ll have “western” toilets!
When we got onto the train, it was packed!!!
Arrival at People’s Square Station!
Stepping out of the station and seeing the CITY!
Arrival at People’s Square Station!
Stepping out of the station and seeing the CITY!
For people from not-so-big-of-a-city back home, these buildings are TALL!!! They look to be at least 5 times as tall as our average downtown core building haha. It’s not like we haven’t seen big buildings before, but something about seeing them in such a foreign of a place seems like the biggest deal haha. It just definitely made us feel like tourists. Disney is familiar, and this is so entirely unfamiliar. It was an interesting feeling haha.
More city
Ooooh we walked passed this Shanghai Grand Theatre. It does indeed look grand. It took up the whole block
Public bus!
Ooooh we walked passed this Shanghai Grand Theatre. It does indeed look grand. It took up the whole block
Public bus!
Day 5 part 2 continued.