Monday 22 October 2012

SHANGHAI: Flying Back With Many Memories

All in all I became aware that the younger Chinese generation are very fashionable and follow western trends, especially the hair of the boys which is usually very stylish. In general they tend to know English, but cannot understand the spoken as well as the written English.

The young Chinese love eating out and having snacks now and again. They like dressing up in colorful and cheesy styles, which might seem for us a bit fancy and childish, but for them it is fashionable. Also I have never seen a teenager spitting on the streets, this is still an old habit and is not accepted by the young generation.
My fear of China being probably not safe enough has gone, especially when I saw how strict they are: a lot of tube entrances have security checks and if you have a big bag, you have to have it scanned before you can enter the tube.


Chinese are in general very very friendly towards foreigners and help when you have a question. They also are very superstitious: the lift has no 4th floor sign as it is an unlucky number. If you ask for the wifi password, it is highly possible that it involves the number 8. In one hotel it was 10 times 8.


Finally I have to say that it was so far one of my favourite journeys, as it was language-wise a challenge and such a different culture. I loved experiencing the way of life of the Chinese, trying their food, trying to understand their writing and language and way of thinking. The journey was not the easiest and made us frustrated now and again, but that’s what made it so exciting and challenging and every single day was full of new impressions which exercised our mind, assuring us of a good sleep every night! Thank you China, I enjoyed my time in your country and would love to come back again some time in the future. Zai Chien!

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