Massage, Shopping and Lots of Meat!

Tiff's uncle owns a massage parlor, and offered to take me along with him and his wife for a free hour-long massage! What a treat! It was so relaxing that I almost fell asleep.

On a day that Tiff had half a day off, her aunt took us shopping. It was a beautiful sunny day. In fact, the entire week that I was in Shanghai, it was sunny and warm!

We ate at a 'little-eat' place, we had delicious wontons, spring rolls with the juiciest dah-bai-tsai ever, and fresh sesame tang-yuan. Everything tastes so much better when they're made on the spot and were never frozen!
















A villa that was built by a Westerner for his servants, a little out of place but it's very pretty.
















Landscape of a peacock outside of the villa
















After an afternoon of walking, we really built up an appetite for the all-you-can-eat sushi and BBQ! I haven't really tried raw fish (other than spicy tuna rolls) in awhile, and decided that it was time to try it again to see if I've acquired a taste for it. I think I can accept tuna and salmon now, especially since I started enjoying wasabi.
















Tiff's aunt and two cousins
















Tiff's uncle and the 2 year old, he is a TALKER for a 2 year old! So smart!
















I think this is the most I've seen Tiff in years! It was so great to have her for a roommate for a week, and drift to sleep as we lay in our beds chatting in the dark ...