{"id":257,"date":"2017-05-23T09:47:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T09:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/?p=257"},"modified":"2017-05-23T09:56:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T09:56:34","slug":"rainy-shanghai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"Rainy Shanghai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It started raining mid-day. It&#8217;s a hot muggy rain like the east coast. None of the boys were sad to bust out their umbrellas&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Now that we have conquered the subway- all of Shanghai is available to us! Which means FINALLY we were able to find a store that sold chess boards!! Perfect timing with the rainy day. The Superbrand Mall in Pudong has a massive Toys R Us. We snagged a monopoly game, UNO, Quirkle and a rubick&#8217;s cube while we were at it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4993-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-262\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4993-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4993-1.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4993-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4993-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4993-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4993-1-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4993-1-780x585.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4990-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4990-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4990-1.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4990-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4990-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4990-1-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4990-1-780x1040.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nShopping malls here are insane. They all seem to be at least 7 stories and labrynths of shops you could be lost in for weeks. Here is a shot Mike took of the inside of the &#8216;iapm&#8217; (a huge mall)\u00a0in the French Concession.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4992-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-264\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4992-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4992-1.jpg 2250w, http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4992-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4992-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4992-1-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/www.mcob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/img_4992-1-780x1040.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nToday, the metro stop was below the &#8216;ifc&#8217; (another monstrous luxury mall in Pudong) so we had to go through some of that massive mall in order to get over to another massive mall that housed Toys R Us. I think shopping is a sport in Shanghai. I&#8217;d be a winner if I did not have 5 boys slowing me down&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Zaijian!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It started raining mid-day. It&#8217;s a hot muggy rain like the east coast. None of the boys were sad to bust out their umbrellas&#8230; Now that we have conquered the subway- all of Shanghai is available to us! Which means FINALLY we were able to find a store that sold chess boards!! 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