{"id":20273,"date":"2018-05-10T13:21:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/auto-draft\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T12:29:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:29:02","slug":"family-time-and-excursions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/trips-asia\/other-trips\/china-2018\/family-time-and-excursions\/","title":{"rendered":"Family time and excursions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2018.04.26 \u2013 Shanghai (CN) \u2013 We visited Jenny\u2019s older brother. Later, we went back to Yu Garden for some additional souvenirs. We had some dumplings for lunch on a 3rd level food court for a fraction of the price we had paid on our earlier visit to the Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant. We enjoyed a large family evening meal as part of Jenny\u2019s older brother invitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2018.04.27 \u2013 Shanghai (CN) \u2013 We visited a flea market in search of additional luggage for Jessica\u2019s return to London. We visited Jenny\u2019s older brother. We had lunch at Jingyu\u2019s place. Later, we relaxed at our hotel. We returned to Wan Dao Japanesse buffet restaurant with some family members for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2018.04.28 \u2013 Shanghai (CN) \u2013 We escorted Jessica to the airport in a taxi. We took the long subway ride back to Jingyu\u2019s for lunch. We returned at our hotel for the remainder of day. Jenny met her older nephew to return a necklace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2018.04.29 \u2013 Shanghai (CN) \u2013 Although we had purchased our train tickets online for our upcoming 3 day self-guided visit to Nanjing, we had to pick-up the tickets at the train station. We opted to pick-up the ticket the day ahead of our departure to avoid any possible delays. We had our evening meal at a Pizza Hut outlet near Jingyu\u2019s subway station. We made a short visit to both of Jenny\u2019s brothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2018.04.30 \u2013 Shanghai \u2013 Nanjing (CN) \u2013 Our Shanghai hotel\u2019s restaurant was extremely busy for breakfast as several bus load of kids were staying there for an apparent musical event. We took the subway to the train station. The bullet train to Nanjing took only 1h 40mins. We took a taxi to our Nanjing hotel. Sadly our hotel was rather far from any of the subway stations. We took taxi to the subway station. We had our evening meal at Queen Chef restaurant. We had a quick visit along Fuziomiao street but it was very busy on the eve of the International Labor day. We returned to our hotel via a subway and a taxi.<\/p>\n\n\n