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Beijing China TravelJune 27, 2019July 16, 2020

Camping on the Great Wall

If you liked my last blog post about our Silk Road trip to the deserts of Gansu province, then you’re in luck – I have another epic China travel experience to share! Doesn’t it feel great when you’ve been sitting on a travel dream for years, and then you finally take action and make it…

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Shanghaista

Hi! I’m Jenna, a Finnish expat going on 8+ years in China. 

I write about life in Shanghai and travel throughout Asia and the world. Besides being a China watcher and loving all things digital, I'm passionate about photography, marketing and creating beautiful, engaging content.

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It’s Friday! 🙏🙌 This week has been nuts 🥴 so I thought posting temple-themed pictures might help bring some calming zen vibes to the weekend. This is from Longhua Temple, a beautiful little buddhist temple close to the West Bund in Shanghai. It’s become a tradition for Robert and me to go there every year on Golden Week. I think it started because the temple grounds had so many kittens running around, we figured it’s definitely worth coming back.😅 Now visiting feels a bit more spiritual and grounding in some way, although the cats are still a nice bonus. Have you been?
I feel like half of my Shanghai photos are from the North Bund. It’s just so damn nice! We ended up there again today, early morning this time to escape the heat. I love mornings but I’m not a natural morning person, so I felt very accomplished sticking to our voluntary super early wakeup, plus getting in 10k steps before 10am 💪 (Obviously balanced it all out with a good nap once I got home) 🙃
Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🌕🥮 Do you have plans? My plan is pretty much to take looong walks around the neighborhood with my 🙋‍♂️ and 📸. I find it so relaxing + the streets are always interesting even if I walk around here every day. Today’s 5k route was mostly around the blocks south and west of IAPM mall, around Yongjia Lu, Jiashan Lu, Yueyang Lu. This picture is from the more quiet west end of Yongkang Lu. Love this part of Yongkang, it’s so pretty and has a good mix of cute cafés and random local shops. Perfect for pictures with a genuine FFC vibe!
Hey hey Instagram, long time no see! It’s been a busy couple of months which turned into an unintentional social media break. But I have so many nice summer photos that are perfect to look at now that it’s crappy and rainy outside 😅
Guys, if you’ve ever wanted to visit Yu Garden without the crowds, now is the time! ⛩ Only 500 people are allowed to enter in the morning, and another 500 in the afternoon.
Do you think it’s already safe to travel within China?
Have you heard of 1933 Old Millfun in Shanghai? I hadn’t until last week, but had to go take a look as soon as I saw some pictures. It’s an art deco warehouse complex from the 1930’s that used to be a slaughterhouse, and now houses small shops, cafés and offices up in Hongkou District. A strange place but definitely worth a visit! More in the blog 🐾
My favorite small businesses in Shanghai now posted on the blog 👉 link in bio! Ping @spareleash @gomahealth @zoaje @soapnutrepublic @lizzysallnatural @charlottagandolfo 👏👏 I know there are so many more! Who are your favorites?

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It’s Friday! 🙏🙌 This week has been nuts 🥴 so I thought posting temple-themed pictures might help bring some calming zen vibes to the weekend. This is from Longhua Temple, a beautiful little buddhist temple close to the West Bund in Shanghai. It’s become a tradition for Robert and me to go there every year on Golden Week. I think it started because the temple grounds had so many kittens running around, we figured it’s definitely worth coming back.😅 Now visiting feels a bit more spiritual and grounding in some way, although the cats are still a nice bonus. Have you been?
I feel like half of my Shanghai photos are from the North Bund. It’s just so damn nice! We ended up there again today, early morning this time to escape the heat. I love mornings but I’m not a natural morning person, so I felt very accomplished sticking to our voluntary super early wakeup, plus getting in 10k steps before 10am 💪 (Obviously balanced it all out with a good nap once I got home) 🙃
Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🌕🥮 Do you have plans? My plan is pretty much to take looong walks around the neighborhood with my 🙋‍♂️ and 📸. I find it so relaxing + the streets are always interesting even if I walk around here every day. Today’s 5k route was mostly around the blocks south and west of IAPM mall, around Yongjia Lu, Jiashan Lu, Yueyang Lu. This picture is from the more quiet west end of Yongkang Lu. Love this part of Yongkang, it’s so pretty and has a good mix of cute cafés and random local shops. Perfect for pictures with a genuine FFC vibe!
Hey hey Instagram, long time no see! It’s been a busy couple of months which turned into an unintentional social media break. But I have so many nice summer photos that are perfect to look at now that it’s crappy and rainy outside 😅
Guys, if you’ve ever wanted to visit Yu Garden without the crowds, now is the time! ⛩ Only 500 people are allowed to enter in the morning, and another 500 in the afternoon.
Do you think it’s already safe to travel within China?
Have you heard of 1933 Old Millfun in Shanghai? I hadn’t until last week, but had to go take a look as soon as I saw some pictures. It’s an art deco warehouse complex from the 1930’s that used to be a slaughterhouse, and now houses small shops, cafés and offices up in Hongkou District. A strange place but definitely worth a visit! More in the blog 🐾
My favorite small businesses in Shanghai now posted on the blog 👉 link in bio! Ping @spareleash @gomahealth @zoaje @soapnutrepublic @lizzysallnatural @charlottagandolfo 👏👏 I know there are so many more! Who are your favorites?

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