Yvonne flying the kite.
Today was mostly filled with shopping but we did one unplanned thing, fly a kite!
Lane houses near our apartment
We got up early to head back out to the fabric market to pick up Dans shirts. From there we went to the fake market that Eli showed us to do one last round of browsing and shopping. We had a lot of fun bargaining since you can talk some thibgs down as much as 80% the initial price.
We also grabbed a late lunch near the market and then went above ground (the market is underground in the subway station) to see where we were. We found that we were at the science museum and there were a ton of people outside flying kites. We knew we had to buy a cheap kite and join in on the fun.
We flew our very cheap and very small kite until well after sunset and had a BLAST doing so. It was a nice way to close out our day.
After flying our kite we realized that we had nothing to do with our kite so we gave it back to the woman that sold it to is. Surprisingly she wasn't confused or anything, she just took it back like it was normal to give back a kite that you bought.
black truffle and pork dumpling
We went back to Eli's neighborhood (xintiandi) to drop off our stuff and grab dinner at Din Tai Fung (same place that we have in LA). We wanted to try it here and we wanted dumplings, even if they were more expensive than the street :) After dinner we went for boba and just walked around the neighborhood.
Tomorrow we leave for the US! We've left all of our packing for the morning.
inside the lane house
Proud new owner of a kite
Testing the kite
Dan flying the kite