Sunday Afternoon, originally uploaded by StrudelMonkey.

Spent Sunday afternoon wandering through the old town ... markets line the streets and thousands of people are crowded in ... from belts to fish, shoes to antiques, you can find most anything at the Sunday markets here. bought some dried fruit from a sweet old woman at her market stand ... she and her friend laughed and laughed when i spoke a couple sentences in Shanghainese ... they gave me an extra scoop of fruit before i moved on! its those kinds of encounters i will always remember about living here

the days are getting short and weather cool ... winter finally here, though thankfully Shanghai doesn't get too cold