It's Monday morning here in Shanghai...Sunday night of course in Northeast Ohio...I may never get used to the time difference...you have to stop and think truly what day it is...where you are and where we are...part of the charm of this once-in-a-lifetime trip though.
We took a tour yesterday, and all of us on the bus, kept tabs on the Tribe's huge 11th inning, thanks to cell phone updates from home!!!
There is Wine and Gold all over the place here...from LeBron's bigger than life poster on the facade of the hotel (a Fathead on steroids) to a street corner video billboard with numerous revolving ads...one of them just happens to be Nike, with of course #23 in mid air, throwing one down.
It's back to practice today for the team...they got a chance to hang out and shop yesterday...a true experience in itself...and last night at the hotel, a local tailor came in armed with fabric swatches...none of us could resist the buying temptation, ordering some suits...get fitted, then have delivered 48 hours later a fitted suit at fantastic prices...AC will be jealous!!!
The general public is very well aware of who the Cavaliers are...the guys are signing plenty of autographs, including at the airport, where even the customs agents had pen and paper ready as each player filed through.
We are being made to feel extremely welcome in a city that is buzzing with activity...Shanghai is about the the size of New York City, where traffic jams are routine, even though a license plate for the year costs a motorist, $7,000. In Beijing, the Olympic city, the fee is much less, but they have 3 million cars...but you can only drive into town on either even or odd numbered days, depending upon your plate number. Here in Shanghai, as a comparison, there are 400,000 cars.
Part of the tours today, a ride on the magnet train, which gets up to 268 miles per hour, turning a normal one hour ride to the airport into a 7 minute thrill ride. Talk to you tomorrow.
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