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I was in China for 10 days at the begging of September during my summer holidays, and Shanghai was the first city I visited. I will never forget the first time I saw the Oriental Pearl. Early evening, a little drizzle, very hot and humid and the skyline was in the clouds. Pictures and videos do not do this place justice. It's otherworldly beautiful. Watching your lovely video I realized how much I miss Shanghai. Hopefully I'll go back next year because I've decided to spend my summer holidays in China from now on (if God wants). Thank you for sharing your experience. Love from Athens - Greece.
Welcome,as a native Chinese who are just sojourning in Shanghai,seeing the complex alongside the Bund and the skyscrapers opposite the river,I feel such a stark difference,so stunning. And the moisture and humidity renders the architectures more stylish. By the way, I've been learning Greek for 3 months,Hope I can visit Greece someday!
@@victorhus Learning Greek is NOT an easy thing to do my friend. You are very brave. Greece welcomes you, if you ever decide to visit. I think Juneyao has a direct flight from Shanghai to Athens now. Just avoid the hot months of July and August. Spring time is the best time to visit, around Easter. 🙂
if possible, please postponed your schedule, because next week will be chinese national day, which will be crazy busy everywhere. Trust me, really everywhere!
I have been watching a chinese vlog little chinese everwhere which is great and was hoping to see more from an outsider stand point! Everyone there seems so friendly! Keep up the great content! Have fun in China! Im a big fan!
Want to see an European's family living in China perspective... try YT channel: Our Chinese Life. They're mostly focusing on Food nowadays. Their children were both born in China. 🕊 Another YT channel, this one from an American working in China, is: Katherine's Journey to the East.
I love Shanghai, I was there in 2018. The people are so friendly and so much to see. I wish I could have explored more but I was staying and having to work in Pudong for a short while. It was a great experience. Am looking forward to your days in China, I think you will be continually amazed at what you will discover..Have a great time xx
@@zackk7175Have you even been to China especially now. Their booming orders especially with the recent mobile devices exploding in the Middle East. Arab strictly wants direct Made In China products and boycotted American weaponized technology. Apple business is sinking thanks to Israel.
Haha, many people think that a large Chinese city like Shanghai, with its huge population, would be very crowded and noisy, like Southeast Asian cities filled with the rumble of motorcycles and gasoline-powered vehicles. However, when they actually arrive in Shanghai, they find that everything is quite quiet. The streets are filled with electric vehicles that make very little noise and have zero emissions, which means they don’t pollute the air. I’ve seen too many foreign RUclipsrs surprised by the calm atmosphere in Shanghai.
Indeed. When I was in China for the first time, over the holidays in 2006 and into January of 2007, I went to Shanghai on like Boxing Day of 2006 (or maybe the 27th, I can't remember after all these years) and it was very peaceful and really not crowded at all. No wait to go up the Oriental Pearl TV tower, no wait really to get a table at the original Shanghainese xiaolong bao place in Yuyuan garden and so on. Late June of 2010 (during my last trip to China) it was however a completely different story... Not just more of a tourist season in general, but also the world expo being held in Shanghai at the time 😂 It would have been like 3 hours of wait to go up the Oriental Pearl that time. I think most of the crowd was due to the world expo tbh as the event pulled in significantly more people than just regular tourism would. I mainly stayed in Suzhou during my stays in China, it's not very far away from Shanghai. And with me being Swedish, I'm used to being in a country of about 10 million people, so you can imagine the culture shock I was expecting when going to China where many cities have more people in them than my whole home country, but I honestly never felt it was crowded, other than on very few occasions like during the visit in Shanghai during the expo, or when celebrating New Year's at a temple in Suzhou, or being at a subway train in Beijing on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon one time. Other than that it honestly felt less crowded than when going to a medium sized or large city in Scandinavia or Europe. Suzhou alone had some 12 million people in the city and surrounding area at the time when I visited, but somehow they've managed to keep the small town feel in a way. I always felt very relaxed in Suzhou, and it's such a stunning place and good balance between ultra modern and traditional. Shanghai does the same, balancing between ultra modern and traditional
BBC & CNN urge not to travel to China. China is poor, Like to eat cat meat, dog meat and bat meat ,has many homeless people, and is covered with CCTV to monitor tourists and look for opportunities to prosecute tourists.
My elementry school was next to that church in people square 38 years ago. I can still remember the sound of that bell. and yes, we do have a half day school on Saturday.
Very interesting! I was impressed with no trash or litter on the streets, parks and subway. The buildings (especially at night) are beautiful. I’m looking forward to your China series.
Watching your video. I have really come to like Shanghai. I don't know how wheelchair accessible it is, but seeing what you both have showed us makes me want to go there. The friendly people, the easy way to get around, all of it. Thank you for taking us on another great adventure. I cannot wait to see the next adventure.
Glad you both enjoy shanghai. Perhaps when you return to England, suggest all your politicians especially all the city mayors to come to shanghai to visit. Perhaps they can learn something from Shanghai.Especially keeping the city clean and no homeless people.The subway trains run on time and kept clean.
Great video..I visited Shanghai some years ago so brought back lots of memories of The Bund etc....such a fabulous city and such a huge population.....so looking forward to all your China videos....stay safe..❤😊
Had an overnight transit in Shanghai on my way to Saint Petersburg a couple of months ago. It was my brief and first encounter of Shanghai and by that I mean within a vicinity of Pudong Airport, lol. What a shame I didn't have much more time to explore the city like you both did :) xx
I recommend strolling along the west bank of the Huangpu River all the way to the north bank. It may take a day to walk, but you can rent shared bicycles. Along the way, there are shopping malls, cafes, bars, restaurants, libraries, and beautiful scenery. It's definitely worth it. Have a great trip!
You were not far from the restaurant section of the Yunnan Road. If you continued for another half mile (south bound), you would find many local restaurants. Enjoy your time in China.
Love Shanghai❤was there in 2012 …The language is so difficult, the same word means horse or mother😂if you pronounce it wrong…good luck you both…love your China vlogs! Love from Holland❤
Hahaha, there’s a thin line between being kind and insulting someone in Mandarin it seems 😬😅 Thank you, we need it! 😀❤️ From what you saw, does it look similar to how you remember in 2012? Or has the city changed a lot? Love to Holland ❤️😘
@@MattandJulia it looks pretty similar, ‘the bund’(world financial centre where you can walk on a glass floor)eating the best crayfish with the locals, sitting between live walking rats haha…That was an adventure..but in 2012 we had no live internet on our way, so live has changed I guess…
Correction: The word for mother and the word for horse are NOT the same word; they share the same spelling or PinYin, meaning combining sound, but not the same tone, as Chinese is a tonal language. Different tone can mean different things. The word for mother is 妈 and the word for horse is 马. As you can see, these are not the same word. If you put one of these words in a sentence, say "I am going to buy a gift for my mother." Even if you get the tone for 'mother,' wrong, it's unlikely that people are going to assume that you are going to buy a gift for your horse. Hope this makes sense.😊
@@marloushiemstra5206 Nah...shanghai in 2024 is very positively different from shanghai in 2012. The same could be said for any chinese city from ten years ago.
Two videos in one week? This Saturday‘s just become a bit better! Love to explore the world a little more with you two. I‘m finding so many inspirations to travel to myself. Thanks so much!
Very surprising as it's so quiet and unrushed, unlike London. It's extremely clean and ordered too. Like the style of filming here too, how you have long sections where you just show the scenery, gives a sense of discovery.
I just got back from Shanghai, and I was blown away by the place. It's very peaceful, and incredibly clean, no graffiti or litter anywhere. It feels very very safe, walking around late at night etc. Even though it's a huge mega city, the pace of life feels very chilled and relaxed. On the subway, which is amazingly connected, nobody is power-marching to get to work, there's no barging past people, no rush, it's just easy going. One big surprise was just how friendly and hospitable the people are. I've lived in Sydney, and travelled a lot around the USA, and to be honest, I found the Chinese very similar to the British temperament and humour, much more so than the brash 'in your face' humour of the Aussies and Americans. It's an amazing city, I thoroughly recommend visiting.
10.1-10.7 is China’s National Day holiday. You will see a huge crowd, so please be mentally prepared. So try to avoid attractions that are too popular, otherwise you may collapse if there are too many people.😂😅🙃
In the video 15.41, the person wearing blue clothes on the back right is a Chinese Internet celebrity TC.“TC在中国” He can introduce you to many delicious foods. I hope you have a good time in China.
Thank you for showing this amazing city ( and ! giving background info!) I’m glad I don’t have to go there myself now… 37‘ 🥵I admire you both! Looking forward to more videos from China! Love Joy❤
I experienced 37°C in Suzhou (a bit inland from Shanghai) in July of 2010. Very high humidity in summertime in that part of China, but personally I loved it! Most days were cooler though with only 32-34°C in daytime, and that felt amazing for me with the humidity! The day of 37°C and humidity was the one day I was thinking "hmm, a bit warm today" as I walked to a shopping mall close to my accommodation. I didn't have internet on my phone so couldn't check the weather app until I was back "home" on the wifi, and was surprised to see 37°C 😅 Definitely the hottest weather I've experienced, but very much manageable if sipping on a cold milk tea (I absolutely LOVE the Kirin milk tea, Japanese brand but found in China as well, sadly can't find it here in Sweden and I miss it so much!) and enjoying a matcha Frappuccino at Starbucks. Also, do what locals do and drink jasmine tea or chrysanthemum tea with meals, it sounds counterintuitive to drink warm drinks on a hot day, but it really works well, especially chrysanthemum tea has a cooling effect so it's very pleasant to drink on a hot day. Initially I'd have soda in China, but it didn't take long before I just drank tea with many meals when dining out together with the locals I was staying with
At 19:34 , the food is called 油墩子 You2 Dun1 Zi3. shredded radish mixed with carrot and chopped dry shrimp, pressed into a mold and added battter, deep fried with mold until get shape and floats. The name roughly means oil dump.
Great video! I’m really happy that you’re uploading more and excited to follow your trip ❤ Shanghai looks like a really interesting city, food looked interesting - thanks for sharing! ❤
The owners whose houses are demolished in this location will become multimillionaires. They will receive two kinds of compensation: a new house nearby that is better and more beautiful, or they can take tens of millions to buy a house in the place they want.
I spent a week in Shanghai in the early '90's. Absolutely shocking how different it is. But if I could have, I would have stayed too. Glad to see it still has its magic.
Great vlog folks and it’s incredible that this city has more than 3 times the population of London which is also a busy place but great job on making this vlog roll on the next ones 😊😅😅
Japan is over rated, but China is down rated. I have been to some Asian countries and European countries. Compared with them, Shanghai is really safe, convenient and clean.
Been to both many times, japan is a capture of one point in time of China it seems (tang/song dynasty not sure which), China is like Europe I mean the whole continent. You can’t generalize the entire Europe
Nah, China is underrated, Japan is deserve the hype they get but, KOREA otherwise Overated af kdrama did a good job for them build all the soft power and the hype but... They not that impressive as the picture they try to make (my opinion)
You should all live there. Nice socialist society all the buses running on time just don’t try to say anything against the government or you’ll be on the police bus.
Wow I’m impressed 😮. You’d think 30 million people would be suffocating. Guess it must be really spread out. That was a beautiful tour today. Thanks Matt and Julia. ❤
Wow! This city is really huge, super modern, even if I noticed that there are only a few people on the streets! It looks like to be in another planet! Anyway it is clean and ordered and this is very important! Fantastic video, as usual. Thank you for sharing 🍀💕🪻
Shanghai seems like an amazing city!!! And, I always love that you both love to try different foods! It’s such a huge part of travel, IMO. I love learning new languages (currently learning Italian) and I think it’s cool you’re going to learn Mandarin Chinese. What a challenge!
So few people around and what you've shown looks like tourists, very strange. Parks mostly empty too. Maybe just the time of year or too hot?? Very interesting ❤❤
2Passports1dream is also in China, not sure if you are still there but they seem to do similar things as you guys. Maybe you could catch up with them as I think you guys have a similar vibe. Love your video’s.
Yes, that street has a lot of Istiklal feel to it, the only thing missing is the simit sellers. Last year I finished reading the Ibis Trilogy, written by Amitav Ghosh, in which he describes in some parts China at the time of the Opium War. How everything has changed now. It will be a pleasure to follow you in the various vlogs that will come from that area. The sound is very good now with the furry microphone! Haha. Regards to both of you from Buenos Aires.
Haha, for sure, it’s not the same without people trying to force you in to their respective shops 😅 Oh, interesting, I will check it out! 🙏🏼 Thank you so much Alejandro! Looking forward to sharing more 😍❤️
Excellent video - Shanghai looks great and much more laid back and friendly than I expected. Its the background noise of people and music that I hear in the video, rather than traffic. is this because there are so many electric cars, vans and bikes in the city? Also it doesn't seem to be polluted?
3:18 I think ask stranger’s name is respectful in English.but in China we don't usually ask strangers' names, we call them as beauty, handsome, brother, auntie ...and “shifu”(master)😂 It means a man who is engaged in work, for example, you can call a male chef or driver ‘shifu’
Chinese names are not the same as English names, if a Britishman called John Smith and you ask, what is your name, he will tell you, John. But Chinese surname and name are usually used together, only very closed are called by their names alone. For privacy, stranger don't usually ask each other’s name It's just a cultural difference BTW, Chinese English textbooks that teach us to greet each other in English, be like How are you? fine, thank you. And you? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
shanghai is a great place. been there in 2011,honestly i cant remember much and i would love to go back there. if you have the time, i would recommend you to explore jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces in northern china. safe trip!
Welcome to Shanghai! The start of a 3 month journey through China! 🇨🇳 😍
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Thank you love my city.
@@小草-i9w OMG! CHiina economy is down!
There are barely no people on SHanghai streets.
3 months visa??? The first time you get less than a month visa
welcome to my hometown !!
You have to learn some chinese phrases guys 😂 special asking for something ❤
Shanghai is truly one of the best cities in the world ❤ I'm back there again next week and I can't wait!
I bet! What we love about it is, despite its size, it’s so walkable! 😍
I was in China for 10 days at the begging of September during my summer holidays, and Shanghai was the first city I visited. I will never forget the first time I saw the Oriental Pearl. Early evening, a little drizzle, very hot and humid and the skyline was in the clouds. Pictures and videos do not do this place justice. It's otherworldly beautiful. Watching your lovely video I realized how much I miss Shanghai. Hopefully I'll go back next year because I've decided to spend my summer holidays in China from now on (if God wants). Thank you for sharing your experience. Love from Athens - Greece.
Couldn’t agree more, if only a camera could capture the aura of a place! 🥰 Amazing! Love to Athens 🥰❤️
I have never been in China.
@@urimtefiki226 You should go. I think a trip to China will change the way you see things. At least that's what happened to me. 🙂
Welcome,as a native Chinese who are just sojourning in Shanghai,seeing the complex alongside the Bund and the skyscrapers opposite the river,I feel such a stark difference,so stunning. And the moisture and humidity renders the architectures more stylish. By the way, I've been learning Greek for 3 months,Hope I can visit Greece someday!
@@victorhus Learning Greek is NOT an easy thing to do my friend. You are very brave. Greece welcomes you, if you ever decide to visit. I think Juneyao has a direct flight from Shanghai to Athens now. Just avoid the hot months of July and August. Spring time is the best time to visit, around Easter. 🙂
Wish you happy days in China! Shanghai looks like a beautiful city! 😊
Thank you very much Marina! ❤️🙌🏼
Wow what an amazing city. So much colour and you almost can feel the vibe. Definitely on my bucket list.
I'll be in Beautiful Shanghai next week! Can't wait ❤
You will love it! No doubt!! ❤️
In Chinese national holiday week? Oh dear 😅
if possible, please postponed your schedule, because next week will be chinese national day, which will be crazy busy everywhere. Trust me, really everywhere!
@@andyluo104 Went there last year too, it was busy but still enjoyed it, I don't want to just stay off when I have 7, days off from work haha
@@weichen2366 I know, but I have 7 days off from work, so If rather go Shanghai then just stay at home not not do anything
I have been watching a chinese vlog little chinese everwhere which is great and was hoping to see more from an outsider stand point! Everyone there seems so friendly! Keep up the great content! Have fun in China! Im a big fan!
We have seen her channel too, she is great! ❤️
Really looking forward to showing g you more from our perspective! Thank you 🥰
Want to see an European's family living in China perspective... try YT channel: Our Chinese Life. They're mostly focusing on Food nowadays. Their children were both born in China. 🕊 Another YT channel, this one from an American working in China, is: Katherine's Journey to the East.
I love Shanghai, I was there in 2018. The people are so friendly and so much to see. I wish I could have explored more but I was staying and having to work in Pudong for a short while. It was a great experience. Am looking forward to your days in China, I think you will be continually amazed at what you will discover..Have a great time xx
I have always wanted to go China 🇨🇳 Love the people ,the history ,the food ,lifestyle ,discipline. ❤
Really hope you get there one day! It is so worth it! ❤️ but until then, glad you are travelling with us 🥰
OMG! CHiina economy is down!
There are barely no people on SHanghai's streets.
@@zackk7175Have you even been to China especially now. Their booming orders especially with the recent mobile devices exploding in the Middle East. Arab strictly wants direct Made In China products and boycotted American weaponized technology. Apple business is sinking thanks to Israel.
@@zackk7175usa government give you money, your economy is raise$$$$$$$🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@paulpaullee CHiina economy is down!
There are barely no people on SHanghai streets
Haha, many people think that a large Chinese city like Shanghai, with its huge population, would be very crowded and noisy, like Southeast Asian cities filled with the rumble of motorcycles and gasoline-powered vehicles. However, when they actually arrive in Shanghai, they find that everything is quite quiet. The streets are filled with electric vehicles that make very little noise and have zero emissions, which means they don’t pollute the air. I’ve seen too many foreign RUclipsrs surprised by the calm atmosphere in Shanghai.
Its a credit credit to the Chinese people how they have embraced electric vehicles - we are years behind in the West, with the exception of Norway.
It flies in the face of everything we are told in the west about China.
Indeed. When I was in China for the first time, over the holidays in 2006 and into January of 2007, I went to Shanghai on like Boxing Day of 2006 (or maybe the 27th, I can't remember after all these years) and it was very peaceful and really not crowded at all. No wait to go up the Oriental Pearl TV tower, no wait really to get a table at the original Shanghainese xiaolong bao place in Yuyuan garden and so on.
Late June of 2010 (during my last trip to China) it was however a completely different story... Not just more of a tourist season in general, but also the world expo being held in Shanghai at the time 😂 It would have been like 3 hours of wait to go up the Oriental Pearl that time. I think most of the crowd was due to the world expo tbh as the event pulled in significantly more people than just regular tourism would.
I mainly stayed in Suzhou during my stays in China, it's not very far away from Shanghai. And with me being Swedish, I'm used to being in a country of about 10 million people, so you can imagine the culture shock I was expecting when going to China where many cities have more people in them than my whole home country, but I honestly never felt it was crowded, other than on very few occasions like during the visit in Shanghai during the expo, or when celebrating New Year's at a temple in Suzhou, or being at a subway train in Beijing on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon one time. Other than that it honestly felt less crowded than when going to a medium sized or large city in Scandinavia or Europe. Suzhou alone had some 12 million people in the city and surrounding area at the time when I visited, but somehow they've managed to keep the small town feel in a way. I always felt very relaxed in Suzhou, and it's such a stunning place and good balance between ultra modern and traditional. Shanghai does the same, balancing between ultra modern and traditional
Aren't there prohibitions on public noise? I saw a video of a cop with a noise meter warn a outside musician he had to keep it down.
BBC & CNN urge not to travel to China. China is poor, Like to eat cat meat, dog meat and bat meat ,has many homeless people, and is covered with CCTV to monitor tourists and look for opportunities to prosecute tourists.
My elementry school was next to that church in people square 38 years ago. I can still remember the sound of that bell. and yes, we do have a half day school on Saturday.
Very interesting! I was impressed with no trash or litter on the streets, parks and subway. The buildings (especially at night) are beautiful. I’m looking forward to your China series.
Wow, stunning shots of Shanghai. Can't wait for more stories. Merci, thanks!
Thank you very much Linda! ❤️
Beautiful, kaleidoscopic China - and the people are the cherry on top of the cake 🤩
Welcome to Shanghai! Glad you are enjoying your time here ❤❤
Unbelievably beautiful, I like both the modern and traditional buildings in Shanghai
It is really lovely 🥰❤️
Watching your video. I have really come to like Shanghai. I don't know how wheelchair accessible it is, but seeing what you both have showed us makes me want to go there. The friendly people, the easy way to get around, all of it. Thank you for taking us on another great adventure. I cannot wait to see the next adventure.
You two already speak the international language of the smile, probably the most valuable form of communication there is. ❤
So true, a smile goes miles 🥰
Thanks for the beautiful Shanghai scenery video which you both so skillfully shot and edited for us. Great job!👍
Shanghai is my home town. Welcome to Shanghai!
I love the mix of old and new in Shanghai 😊
You guys are professional, so well designed, definitely should get some reward for this video
I absolutely love that the city isn't noisy! As a Londoner I really appreciate quiet roads 🙂
Glad you both enjoy shanghai. Perhaps when you return to England, suggest all your politicians especially all the city mayors to come to shanghai to visit. Perhaps they can learn something from Shanghai.Especially keeping the city clean and no homeless people.The subway trains run on time and kept clean.
Looks absolutely incredible ❤. How amazing.
You two are picking up Mandarin quite nicely. Yan would be proud!!
Any city could epitomizes the changes that have happened in this country like Shanghai does, yes, Shenzhen, which was 40 years ago a fishing village.
I’m sure. For us, the changes in Shanghai and its skyline etc, are something we have seen in every corner of the world 😍
Great video..I visited Shanghai some years ago so brought back lots of memories of The Bund etc....such a fabulous city and such a huge population.....so looking forward to all your China videos....stay safe..❤😊
Wow what an amazing place thank you !
Glad you enjoyed it John ❤️
I really love your style of video - the long calm shots of the city feels so charming to watch especially in the morning.
Wow! What a beautiful city!
What an amazing place to visit, all the buildings lit up at night look great. I think this beats The Blackpool illuminations
Hahaha, I dunno, Blackpool is pretty epic 😉
Had an overnight transit in Shanghai on my way to Saint Petersburg a couple of months ago. It was my brief and first encounter of Shanghai and by that I mean within a vicinity of Pudong Airport, lol. What a shame I didn't have much more time to explore the city like you both did :) xx
Hopefully you get another chance soon 🙏🏼❤️
@@MattandJuliaI'm going to Thailand next week and have a 26 hour layover in Shanghai. Very excited!
I recommend strolling along the west bank of the Huangpu River all the way to the north bank. It may take a day to walk, but you can rent shared bicycles. Along the way, there are shopping malls, cafes, bars, restaurants, libraries, and beautiful scenery. It's definitely worth it. Have a great trip!
I’d like to visit there someday! 👍😃
We are sure you will love it 😍❤️
You were not far from the restaurant section of the Yunnan Road. If you continued for another half mile (south bound), you would find many local restaurants.
Enjoy your time in China.
Aaaaah! So close 😩 next time, I guess 😁 Thank you ❤️
Love Shanghai❤was there in 2012 …The language is so difficult, the same word means horse or mother😂if you pronounce it wrong…good luck you both…love your China vlogs! Love from Holland❤
Hahaha, there’s a thin line between being kind and insulting someone in Mandarin it seems 😬😅 Thank you, we need it! 😀❤️
From what you saw, does it look similar to how you remember in 2012? Or has the city changed a lot?
Love to Holland ❤️😘
@@MattandJulia it looks pretty similar, ‘the bund’(world financial centre where you can walk on a glass floor)eating the best crayfish with the locals, sitting between live walking rats haha…That was an adventure..but in 2012 we had no live internet on our way, so live has changed I guess…
OMG! CHiina economy is down!
There are barely no people on SHanghai's streets.
Correction: The word for mother and the word for horse are NOT the same word; they share the same spelling or PinYin, meaning combining sound, but not the same tone, as Chinese is a tonal language. Different tone can mean different things. The word for mother is 妈 and the word for horse is 马. As you can see, these are not the same word. If you put one of these words in a sentence, say "I am going to buy a gift for my mother." Even if you get the tone for 'mother,' wrong, it's unlikely that people are going to assume that you are going to buy a gift for your horse. Hope this makes sense.😊
@@marloushiemstra5206 Nah...shanghai in 2024 is very positively different from shanghai in 2012. The same could be said for any chinese city from ten years ago.
Two videos in one week? This Saturday‘s just become a bit better!
Love to explore the world a little more with you two. I‘m finding so many inspirations to travel to myself. Thanks so much!
Will be two a week for the next few months at least 🥰🥳
Can’t wait to share more of China with you, thanks for coming along with us! ❤️
Looking forward to more China videos from you, especially videos about the language school in Beijing
Lots of foreigners loving this city very much. ❤They don’t want to leave the city. Lots of foreigners live in an international city.
beautiful video!
Would you guys plesssssse visit chengdu??😍😍😍😍 you will have a blast!
Gonna be my next trip, Cant wait to go to china. The people are so nice and respectful , Great vid.....
Very surprising as it's so quiet and unrushed, unlike London. It's extremely clean and ordered too. Like the style of filming here too, how you have long sections where you just show the scenery, gives a sense of discovery.
Thank you so much!! ❤️🙌🏼
It looks like such a vibrant and beautiful place. Thank you so much for the tour!
October and April are the best months for visiting Shanghai, the weather is very nice in these two months.
I just got back from Shanghai, and I was blown away by the place. It's very peaceful, and incredibly clean, no graffiti or litter anywhere. It feels very very safe, walking around late at night etc. Even though it's a huge mega city, the pace of life feels very chilled and relaxed. On the subway, which is amazingly connected, nobody is power-marching to get to work, there's no barging past people, no rush, it's just easy going. One big surprise was just how friendly and hospitable the people are. I've lived in Sydney, and travelled a lot around the USA, and to be honest, I found the Chinese very similar to the British temperament and humour, much more so than the brash 'in your face' humour of the Aussies and Americans. It's an amazing city, I thoroughly recommend visiting.
10.1-10.7 is China’s National Day holiday. You will see a huge crowd, so please be mentally prepared. So try to avoid attractions that are too popular, otherwise you may collapse if there are too many people.😂😅🙃
Pretty sure this was recorded a month or more ago😂
Omg, you got the classic grandpa with the rolled up t-shirt airing his socks in the park!
Welcome to Shanghai,guys.😀
Subscribed, nice one!
very cool video! :) someday i will visit!! my work also has a huge office and lab here so maybe for work i will get to go! :)
In the video 15.41, the person wearing blue clothes on the back right is a Chinese Internet celebrity TC.“TC在中国” He can introduce you to many delicious foods. I hope you have a good time in China.
Thank you for showing this amazing city ( and ! giving background info!)
I’m glad I don’t have to go there myself now… 37‘ 🥵I admire you both! Looking forward to more videos from China! Love Joy❤
Thank you so much Joy, can’t wait to share more! ❤️ The heat was crazy, thankfully it gets a lot cooler in the winter months 🥰
I experienced 37°C in Suzhou (a bit inland from Shanghai) in July of 2010. Very high humidity in summertime in that part of China, but personally I loved it! Most days were cooler though with only 32-34°C in daytime, and that felt amazing for me with the humidity! The day of 37°C and humidity was the one day I was thinking "hmm, a bit warm today" as I walked to a shopping mall close to my accommodation. I didn't have internet on my phone so couldn't check the weather app until I was back "home" on the wifi, and was surprised to see 37°C 😅 Definitely the hottest weather I've experienced, but very much manageable if sipping on a cold milk tea (I absolutely LOVE the Kirin milk tea, Japanese brand but found in China as well, sadly can't find it here in Sweden and I miss it so much!) and enjoying a matcha Frappuccino at Starbucks.
Also, do what locals do and drink jasmine tea or chrysanthemum tea with meals, it sounds counterintuitive to drink warm drinks on a hot day, but it really works well, especially chrysanthemum tea has a cooling effect so it's very pleasant to drink on a hot day.
Initially I'd have soda in China, but it didn't take long before I just drank tea with many meals when dining out together with the locals I was staying with
so much fun to your vedio exploring my city, hope you two enjoy the trip
Thank you. Visiting in winter and can’t wait, your video is amazing.
At 19:34 , the food is called 油墩子 You2 Dun1 Zi3. shredded radish mixed with carrot and chopped dry shrimp, pressed into a mold and added battter, deep fried with mold until get shape and floats. The name roughly means oil dump.
welcome Matt and Julia to China xx
Thank you so much!! ❤️
I love Shanghai! Can’t wait to go back.
There is 24,000,000 population in Shanghai.
Shanghai is definitely a "must" place to visit for me. I am staying in Beijing as foreigner now.
Hope you get there soon! ❤️
@@MattandJulia Sure. Will update you if i come there because you inspire me.
Great video! I’m really happy that you’re uploading more and excited to follow your trip ❤ Shanghai looks like a really interesting city, food looked interesting - thanks for sharing! ❤
The ads on the wall at 9:55 is a recruiting ad for Chinese armed forces. And yes, those houses are being demolished.
The owners whose houses are demolished in this location will become multimillionaires. They will receive two kinds of compensation: a new house nearby that is better and more beautiful, or they can take tens of millions to buy a house in the place they want.
I spent a week in Shanghai in the early '90's. Absolutely shocking how different it is. But if I could have, I would have stayed too. Glad to see it still has its magic.
Enjoy!
I just came back from Shanghai today with a friend and I really wish I could have stayed longer.
Awesome! Hope you get to go back again soon 🥰
What a fantastic video! I also just adore you both. Can't wait to come along on the rest of your journey. -Ms J
wtf Shanghai is beautiful, especially at night! Love Your video, from Germany!
Great vlog folks and it’s incredible that this city has more than 3 times the population of London which is also a busy place but great job on making this vlog roll on the next ones 😊😅😅
Thank you. Very nice.
❤️❤️❤️
Hurry up then, no messing about, loads and loads more content guys, fantastic x
Welcome 🎉🎉🎉
Japan is over rated, but China is down rated. I have been to some Asian countries and European countries. Compared with them, Shanghai is really safe, convenient and clean.
Been to both many times, japan is a capture of one point in time of China it seems (tang/song dynasty not sure which), China is like Europe I mean the whole continent. You can’t generalize the entire Europe
Nah, China is underrated, Japan is deserve the hype they get but, KOREA otherwise Overated af
kdrama did a good job for them build all the soft power and the hype but... They not that impressive as the picture they try to make (my opinion)
Thoroughly entertaining as always. Keep safe guys 😊👍
Shanghai is a very good city
We agree 🙃❤️
You should all live there. Nice socialist society all the buses running on time just don’t try to say anything against the government or you’ll be on the police bus.
哈哈 10月1假期来了 让你们体验体验 什么叫人潮 😀
Hahaha, we will be travelling that time too, we will film our experience 😬😁
@@MattandJulia this is not a good idea, too many people, people mountain people sea
@@MattandJuliabad idea bro😂
@@peterliu6025我倒觉得，旅游嘛！贵在体验。体验一下人从众，也挺好。虽然会有很多因为人多带来的不方便
@@leowang-r8b你要隨身帶水和食物，因為人太多，吃飯排隊要花很長時間，廁所也要排很久。
帶個成人尿片，我差點在出租車 排尿，塞車 無法動彈。
Wow I’m impressed 😮. You’d think 30 million people would be suffocating. Guess it must be really spread out. That was a beautiful tour today. Thanks Matt and Julia. ❤
Wow! This city is really huge, super modern, even if I noticed that there are only a few people on the streets! It looks like to be in another planet! Anyway it is clean and ordered and this is very important!
Fantastic video, as usual. Thank you for sharing 🍀💕🪻
Excellent idea to study Mandarin for a month . It certainly will make the visit to China much more interesting.
Shanghai seems like an amazing city!!! And, I always love that you both love to try different foods! It’s such a huge part of travel, IMO. I love learning new languages (currently learning Italian) and I think it’s cool you’re going to learn Mandarin Chinese. What a challenge!
So few people around and what you've shown looks like tourists, very strange. Parks mostly empty too. Maybe just the time of year or too hot?? Very interesting ❤❤
I think it was because of the excessive heat. Only tourists are silly enough to go out in the midday sun 😌
We all do it 😅
2Passports1dream is also in China, not sure if you are still there but they seem to do similar things as you guys. Maybe you could catch up with them as I think you guys have a similar vibe. Love your video’s.
Thank you so much! It’s a pleasure to have you along with us 🥰 Ah nice, they seem really lovely ❤️
1:55 K11 love that mall
there is a list of must-trys: a list of noodles (scallion noodle), dumplings (fried dumpling, soup dumpling)....
Glad to see you guys traveling again and I can vicariously travel though you guys!! ❤
So happy to have you travelling along with us! ❤️🙌🏼
@@MattandJulia 🥰
Lovely video and informative thoughts Matt and Julia. I like it when you name the place or location so I can follow it on the map.
Really glad you enjoyed it! ❤️🥰
great upload cheers - oh and please free the caterpiller on the mic :) mwwwah x
Yes, that street has a lot of Istiklal feel to it, the only thing missing is the simit sellers. Last year I finished reading the Ibis Trilogy, written by Amitav Ghosh, in which he describes in some parts China at the time of the Opium War. How everything has changed now. It will be a pleasure to follow you in the various vlogs that will come from that area. The sound is very good now with the furry microphone! Haha. Regards to both of you from Buenos Aires.
Haha, for sure, it’s not the same without people trying to force you in to their respective shops 😅
Oh, interesting, I will check it out! 🙏🏼
Thank you so much Alejandro! Looking forward to sharing more 😍❤️
You asked his name right and he answered by telling you his name .......... so the exchange was fine .
Waaaheeey! 🥳🙌🏼😅
Matt and Julia ❤ love from India
Lots of love to India! ❤️
Matt is such a diva. He wants someone to fan him lol😂
Hahahaa, I am ngl 😁
Excellent video - Shanghai looks great and much more laid back and friendly than I expected.
Its the background noise of people and music that I hear in the video, rather than traffic.
is this because there are so many electric cars, vans and bikes in the city?
Also it doesn't seem to be polluted?
Really glad you enjoyed it!! ❤️
Yes exactly, the amount of electric vehicles make is surprisingly quiet in the city centre 😍
And no, the air quality was very good, not sure if it changes by season though 🤔
OMG! CHiina economy is down!
There are barely no people on SHanghai streets.
@@zackk7175 Not sure you are being sarcastic or an idiot.
@@bldomain It doesn't.
Chiina is down and foreigners are leaving,
Said Taiiwanese!
3:18 I think ask stranger’s name is respectful in English.but in China we don't usually ask strangers' names, we call them as beauty, handsome, brother, auntie ...and “shifu”(master)😂
It means a man who is engaged in work, for example, you can call a male chef or driver ‘shifu’
Chinese names are not the same as English names, if a Britishman called John Smith and you ask, what is your name, he will tell you, John.
But Chinese surname and name are usually used together, only very closed are called by their names alone.
For privacy, stranger don't usually ask each other’s name
It's just a cultural difference
BTW, Chinese English textbooks that teach us to greet each other in English, be like
How are you?
fine, thank you. And you?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thx for sharing
Soooo cute couple🤩hope you enjoy your trip in China😊
Knowing even a few words goes a long way. Don't be afraid to interact.
Shanghai is so amazing!
shanghai is a great place. been there in 2011,honestly i cant remember much and i would love to go back there. if you have the time, i would recommend you to explore jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces in northern china. safe trip!
So true ❤
It is like another planet! 😍
Greetings from a shanghai local!