Spring Has Sprung

It's hot and sunny here in Hangzhou. What a shock! All of a sudden, it's not cold and windy.

New Neighborhood

We just moved from right-in-the-middle-of-everything-downtown to out-in-what-in-the-thirties-used-to-be-the-burbs. We're now in Ambassy (sic) Court on Huaihai Zhong Lu. Across the street, the American Consulate. Next to that, the French Consulate. A block away, the German Consulate. And to round it off, around the corner, the Iranian Consulate.

Across the street and down a little is the Shanghai Library, which is huuuge, and quite interesting. Our street, where we are, isn't terribly interesting. But downtown a ways, it's one of the two big shopping streets (Nanjing Xi Lu being the other, in our former neighborhood). South of us, however, is a charming set of sycamore-lined streets with the occasional lovely villa. Also, a few blocks away, Xujiahui Park, which is large, and on a sunny Saturday, full of kids.