Home Stretch

One last arrangement made: Shanghai hotel reservations. We’re living a little dangerously here. We decided we liked a hotel called the Yangtze Hotel, a big art deco building close to everything. But we’ve read mixed reviews. Some say it’s great, some say construction makes it a nightmare. So I purposely picked a less expensive room, because the descriptions for these rooms don’t boast about the view of Nanjing Lu, the noisy street. I also reserved a room for just one night, hoping we’ll be able to stay all week if we like it. It’s got to beat the hostel next to a cigar factory that I stayed in in 1992