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We left our apartment sharply at
six on Thursday morning and were on the G train (G standing for 高 gāo
meaning tall or highest, or in this case fastest.) for Shanghai by
7:02am. By nine we were in the Canadian visa office in Shanghai,
and by ten we were out on the street again and looking for a
Starbucks.
After her first application for
a visa was turned down, we gathered some support information for our
second try. It included letters from Ruth's housemates in
Winnipeg, and letters of support from six of my friends and relatives,
as well as a print out of twenty pages of this website that refer to
Panda. If they turn us down this time, I'm going to demand a
Royal Commission investigation.
At loose ends for the day in
Shanghai, we stepped aboard a tour bus that lets you get on and off
for twenty four hours on a 30 RMB pass. I couldn't stay awake, and got
off close to our hotel for a nap and a great violin practice, leaving
Ruth and Panda to tour and talk.
That evening we managed to
connect again with Jenny and her boyfriend, and Lv Min and her husband
Simon, for another feast at Zen restaurant in the Raffles complex across from People Square.
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