The Kaulins Family Trip to Shanghai.

The Kaulins family is back in Wuxi after spending two days in Shanghai Wednesday and Thursday.  We are all very tired Friday morning.  The wife is especially tired.  Having to look after the baby while on the move is not easy.  Tony would need a diaper-changing and a feeding at the most inconvenient times.  It didn't help that it rained and we could not grab a taxi during rush-hour or get on a bus where passengers were not stuffed like sardines in a can.

In a restaurant in the Nanjing Road walk street, I saw a man raise his hand above his head and then snap his fingers to summon service.  It came immediately.  Snapping fingers to summon a waiter is a cliche but I don't recall every having seen someone do it before.  Not even with the King of Wuxi.  But he usually just has to raise his eyebrow.

Shanghai's newest tallest building, the World Financial whatever Center, is located near to the Jin Mao Tower, the previous tallest building.  As you look at the Pearl Tower and the Jin Mao from across the Huangpu River, on the Bund, you can now see the WFWC looming behind the Jin Mao.

I hate dealing with the government, whether it be mine or of this country.  I went to the Canadian Consulate and was asked about the color of Tony's eyes.  When I told them, it was an inappropriate question given Tony's age, they told me that it had to be filled in....

In an earlier blog entry, I wondered about the green plant stuff I have been seeing this fall in Wuxi's Canals.  Shanghai is having the same problem and according to this article in the Shanghai Daily, the green stuff is noxious.