Last night I met with one of my language partners. She said she needed to find a building where she will be taking some graduate school test. So we walked for a while into Shanghai. After a while, she said we were going to head back because she understood where to go. At about an hour and a half, I asked her if she knew where she was going. She looked around and said, "Yes of course.
2 hours later I looked up and decided we were going the wrong way. I knew this because up ahead was the Pearl Tower. For those of you who don't know, it is in the dead center of Shanghai. We had been going the wrong way for 2 hours. We bought a map, and spent a total of 5 hours on this walk. I was about ready to strangle her.
Shanghai is full of stray animals. On the way back, a small dog started following us. It followed us for 3 hours. It was actually really funny. I named it Gutsy, and it made it all the way to Fudan with us. At the gate, the police scared it away. I was almost disappointed that it didn't follow me back to the building and then live outside all the time. I have some pictures that I'll put up later.
Ultimately, it was the most annoying walk of my life. At least I spent most of it speaking Chinese, and got some good practice.
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