Thursday, February 26, 2009

The "French" Quarter of Putuo - Wuning Road Carrefour








In the cour of le Louvre you can find two playful pandas. The Chinese trompe l'oeil artist making a statement?




This is the district of Shanghai where I live - Putuo. Here is the recently completed Wuning Road bridge renovation with its French inspired columns. Carrefour on the right. I go there when it's not so busy - late at night ... But there's never a good time to go as it's always crowded. A pleasure though is to go to Yong He Wang (similar to Yonghe Doujiang restaurants) and have their soy milk - "ri de - tian de"! Hot and sweet. You can watch people have their photos taken in front of the trompe l'oeil - after they have bought a couple of baguettes.

The apartments on the opposite side, overlooking the Suzhou Creek, are called Seine views.

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