Tianzifang, Shanghai Food Tour, and Blue Grass

As Shanghai is a pretty international city, you can find almost anything to do here on any given day at any given hour.

Tianzifang is always an area of the French Concession I have wanted to go to, but just have never made it, however on a rainy Friday, I decided to go down there and I was amazed with all the little bars, food stalls, shopping booths, and just the small narrow street atmosphere that it possesses. 

Food Tours are always a great way to see the city.  I had to opportunity to do another Lost Plate Food Tour like in Chengdu and it did not disappoint.  Soup Dumplings, Pork Belly, Noodles, and Mango Cream Dessert plus free beer are just a few of the things to witness on this amazing Shanghai Food Tour.

As there is always live music popping up in Shanghai, I thought it would be a good experience to see some Blue Grass Music from two very good friends- Murph and Leslie.  Their music was great in a small venue with good drinks called the Wood Box.


Minghe Ancient Watertown and Hotsprings

Minghe Ancient Watertown has over 1200 years of history, though most of it was built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.  Walking around here gives you a sense of traveling back in time with its narrow streets and Buddhist Temples.  Sure enough it is not a huge tourist attraction to westerners as it is about 5 hours out of Shanghai, but that could also be because there was massive rain…

We ended up staying in a city close to the Ancient Town with beautiful hot springs, Western Style Bar, and Karaoke.  The hot springs had different baths at different temperatures including the dead skin eating fish which is always a joy….