Sarah's 21st

8th August
It was sarahs 21st birthday today so in the morning we had some yummy chocolate cake from the little bakery next to campus and then we went into town to go to the yu yuan gardens. We got the metro into town and then it was a bit of a walk to the gardens. When we got there it was just surrounded by loads of little tourist shops and there were sooooooooo many tourists which was quite annoying. We got there quite late so we decided that we'd come back another day to go to into the gardens (and its loads cheaper when we get our student cards) so we just went into a tea house in one of the nice buildings. There were loads of really nice style buildings with a big pond around them, but I was very annoyed that one of the nice old buildings was now a starbucks!!!!
The tea house was really nice and the building was in the big pond with little bridges going to it. In the tea house we got to smell all the different teas and then choose which we wanted. I chose lychee leaves, it was so nice. Sarah chose this big round green thing for hers and when the lady took the lid off her tea cup it had opened out into a nice flower - so pretty!! We got given another tea which wasnt as nice, it tasted a bit like soil. But it was still a really nice thing to do, and it was really cool to watch the lady making our tea.
We went to get some tea afterwards and we went to one of the boat restaurants on the bund. It was alright, but a bit overpriced and you didnt get a lot of food. We were too late to go on a boat cruise so we just went to the jinmao tower, it was amazing. From the other side of the river it doesnt look that big but when you're stood at the bottom of it its soooooooo big, its amazing, and next to it they are building a tower that is even bigger. We went to the cloud 9 bar on the 87th floor of the jinmao tower (the tallest bar in the world). It was so exciting. We had to go on 3 different lifts, and the first lift takes you to a hotel which is from the 53rd floor to the 85th, i might stay there one night, it looks so good. The bar was really nice and the views were amazing. There were loads of nice cocktails to chose from so I went for the most expensive one which was still only 145yuan. It was called fortunate and it had moet, raspberry vodka and fruit juice, really nice!!