We stayed at a serviced apartment in Xujiahui next to a park we also had used in the spring of 2014 and it was touching that some of the employees there and even a lady selling ice cream and other snacks in a store 5 minutes away remembered us from earlier visits. Only our favorite dumpling place which still was there in the summer of 2016 was gone.
The next day we had a little birthday party for Ji's father - Mia's cousin was of course there as well
Mia helped with lightning the birthday candles...
..and with blowing them out
The next day had some coffee at a fancy shopping area a few steps from the our serviced apartment with interesting sculptures
Then we met the family of Ji's brother and his in-laws at their place - a grand house from the 1930'ies
The old neighborhood is also home to alley cats
While Mia played with her cousin we went for a walk in the side streets
It was cold outside and even inside it was a bit chilly
In the evening we met again for dinner at the food court of a mall with traditional Shanghainese street food
A special Disney store was set up for the holidays in the basement of the department store
After dinner the children still had enough energy to fool around in our apartment
No energy was left for us to stay up until he start of the new year though
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