Saturday morning, we checked out of the hotel and took the bus to zhujiajiao, a village built around a network of canals (like a Chinese Venice). The village was pretty touristy, but still fun. We took gondolas through the canals and by the town’s temple.
After a day of walking around, we headed back into Shanghai for dinner and to catch an overnight train to Beijing. I was pretty worried about the train, would it be super smoky? Would I fit on the beds? Would it be super rough?
The train was amazing. It was super clean and brand new looking, and it went 260 km/h even though I could barely feel it moving. The beds were super comfortable and I even fit on it. We all hung out and drank some beers and then I got a pretty decent nights sleep. I highly recommend splurging for the first class if you ever need to take a Chinese night train.
