Fabulous, just fabulous!

Business Shanghai seen from Lujiazui

Stylish us, having coffee at the top of the Park Hyatt Hotel

A big surprise, the wigs first came out on the Pudong side of the Bund

The famous and historical "The Bund"!

Us, on the way to lunch, strolling along The Bund

Wow # 1

Wow # 2

Do you think there is a lot of pollution in Shanghai?

Noodles on the make.

An old part of Shanghai, Yu Yuan

Am I worried about the world credit crunch?

Wigs were out again, this time to see the 14 bridges in Zhou Zhuang

In the French Consecssion

Our weekend in Shanghai was just absolutely fabulous! We had SO MUCH fun, blessings, laughter, tears, history, girlyness, food and of course, to top it all, so many massages! Stephanie planned a great itinerary therefore we did it all! I loved Shanghai and I loved being there with them!

Shanghai was way more interesting and nicer than I could have imagined. I was very well impressed with the city... of course that doing it in great company was the "creme de la creme"! It has its very charming areas by The Bund with all the historical and well preserved buildings, the French Concession, again, well kept inspite of the Japanese occupation and the cultural revolution, the more bohemian area of Xin Tian Di with the many restaurants and jazz clubs to choose from, the more western oriented living area of Jin Qiao.... and I know, I know... all the above comes with a serious pollution package, but then baby... it's impossible to find THE flawless location to live. There will always be an imperfection and Shanghai's contribution is the pollution.

There was a night, when we had what I called a "surreal moment". We were 5 girls, representing 4 different western nationalities, united by 1 common language, having a typical Brazilian meal, listening to a private show of Brazilian music (when we arrived at the restaurant, the band had already stopped playing, but was still there, so with a little bit of "please please please, can we have 1 song played for us? " we got a mini show, obaaaa!) and all that was happening in China, so far away from our origins! It's so interesting to witness how the Global Village is seriously getting small and smaller.

Thank you girls for being able to manage your lives and families to make sure we were all there for this weekend, specially in such short notice! I am taking with me not only a heavy photographic load, but also a comfortable feeling of a very warm friendship that comes with all the girlyness and loyalty that we need in this life. A big fat THANK YOU and yes, life is beautiful!