Marge Goes to China: Walk it out.

So Day 1. I woke up around noon and decided I should go out and try to find the office. Whelp. That didn't go too well. My phone didn't work to help with a map and I didn't take a map (problem #1), it was Friday afternoon and everyone was out (problem #2), and I had zero idea where I needed to go OR where I came from (problem #3). It was bad. Once I finally found my way home I didn't really feel like fighting the crowd again so I stayed on my street and inside the rest of the day. Fail.

This is my street looking down from the "foot path" (the apt is a little past the furthest red sign)

BUT Day 2. I rocked it. I woke up around 6am (maybe because I'm not adjusted to the time change..) took a shower and got ready for the day. I decided I wanted to get out and beat the crowd so I could understand where I am living but also where I need to be Monday morning at 9am (aka Exchange Building 2..work). I left the apartment at 7:15 and there was no one out which was perfect! I found my way to work, walked back to the apartment, and then back again just to make sure I knew how to get there! To celebrate this defeat I of course celebrated with a trip to Starbucks and enjoyed people watching while I had my tea (btw- there is no pumpkin spice latte here or skinny vanilla). I continued to walk around and found all the huge malls that have every single designer store- it was like NYC x10. Problem...stores don't open until 10am so I decided to make my way back to the apt and head out again later.

I went back out around 11am and the Saturday crowd was out in full effect. Again I made my way down to the office (because that's where all the great shopping is!) and walked around all the stores. I didn't go in any stores except the Apple store because I'm pretty sure it's the biggest one in the world. It was huge with people EVERYWHERE. double decker with a personal setup area on the 2nd floor. I was impressed and makes me want to buy a Mac just so I can be a cool kid in the store.

The absolute biggest highlight of the day...I found the most amazing Pizza place ever. It's called Paisano's and they have 12" slices for like $4. Oh and it's probably some of the best pizza I've ever had. Really impressed and pretty sure it will be a daily trip for me- totally cool with it. Their large pizza is a 24" pizza- the box it comes in is huge and I might need to purchase one for fun before I leave.

Ahhhmazing. the one pie that is missing was the veggie- probably what I'll have tomorrow.

Today has been pretty great and so much better than yesterday! I think I walked around 10+ miles which is the most I have walked in probably 3 years. Looking forward to one more day to explore before the work week starts!

OK so I promised pictures so Enjoy!! These are pictures of my apt.

Bed- to the left is the bathroom area (Standing in corner where TV is)