teegone asian: Shanghai with a good friend

I can't fully describe the feeling when I learned that Aimee would be in China this year. It included nostalgia, excitement, joy, luck..

There's something about meeting a friend across the world that really sinks in deep for me. The memory remains with me in a different way than other memories and for me, and the friendship strengthens.
Previous to this encounter was about 2 years ago when the lovely JL was in Rome and we climbed the millions of steps of the Duomo for a birds eye view of the city. Thanks JLee for including me in your trip plans :D

Jen and I in front of the Trevi Fountain

My trip to Shanghai to see Aimee ended up being a bittersweet experience. We spent two days together sightseeing, visiting art galleries, eating, drinking and enjoying life. One of the girls in her brigade suggested having a 5 star meal at the top of one of the fine restaurants near the Pearl Tower. What a delicious meal! For 186RMB I should hope so!

My deliciously deadly brunch

Everything was delicious and even though I'm not a huge fan of salmon, I ate the whole thing. Even after my neighbor asked if I was going to finish that... I said, yes... I'm just taking my time, enjoying it, you know. In the end I'm unsure what it was that put off my stomach but I'm guessing it was the salmon.

I spent a sleepless night sweating and making bathroom breaks about twice an hour. Finally the next afternoon, after deciding that the over the counter medicine wasn't working, I went to the hospital. They said I should have come earlier because the infection was serious. They hooked me up to an IV and sent someone for the medicine.

I re-booked my flight home for 2 days later in case they took my temperature in the airport and I still had a bit of a fever. But, the trip was already over. I bounced back so quickly but it was time to go home.

Thanks Aimee for a great time!! Being a wonderul nurse and including me in your travel plans even though I was more of a burdon than a pleasure ;)

I did however get to see the Peking Opera, Farewell to my Concubine, and tour the French Concession while I was there. I'm pretty sure that Shanghai is included in our future plans early in 2010 so I WILL BE BACK!