First we want to say sorry that we didn’t post anything last night but we were too tired from our trip. So Saturday we, the old and new trainers, left the house at 6 pm together with the kids, a bus came to pick them up and there were a few seats left. After a trip of 2 hours through the rush hour of Shanghai we arrived at People’s square. From there we went to our hotel and went into the city for a nice dinner. We were guided by Amena and her boyfriend, Amena takes care of everything for us here in Shanghai. They took us to a nice hot-pot restaurant, a typical Chinese restaurant. It was very good but we weren’t always sure of what we were eating, beef stomach for example. There Pauline and Evelien joined us after their flight from Xiamen. Afterwards we went for a walk on the Bund.
The next day the old trainers left early in the morning for their flight. The new trainers went into the city to discover it, we started with a nice breakfast of croissants at good old Starbucks. After we went back to the Bund to see the amazing skyline of Pudong (suburb of Shanghai) and took the psychedelic subway to Pudong. There we visited the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, with a height of 468m the biggest TV Tower of Asia. We went as high as possible (350m). Afterwards we went to an amazingly big mall where we went to a Mc Donalds for a very good lunch and did our shopping for the rest of the week.
Today was very exciting, it was our first training day and there were some new children as well. It was another hot day but in contrast with other days there was a stiff breeze in the afternoon. For us it was new to teach in English, but we took up the challenge. After a couple of minutes the worst part was behind us and the kids were listening attentive to our informative statements. In the afternoon we taught the kids how to swim, wich was a whole undertaking for the very reason that they didn’t wanted to admit that they couldn’t swim at all. After that we could finally go on the water for a first practical introduction to a fascinating new sport, which they liked a lot. But unfortunately the breeze became stiff with the result that we had to put an end to our sailing fun.
After a hard day of working we are very tired but we wanted to share our stories with you!
Greets,
The Shanghai team
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