From Tianzifang, we had the intention of walking towards Xintiandi. According to our maps, it was a 1.7 km route, so it shouldn’t have taken more than 15-20 minutes. We decided to take a shortcut and walk on a smaller, quieter street opposed to the main road.
We ended up walking through the French Concession, which is an area of Shanghai that the French government administered from the late 1800s to the just after WWII. We walked along a tree-lined Sinan Road (思南路) that was absolutely gorgeous. It was the beginning of December and the leaves had turned colour but were still on most of the trees. It probably took us twice as long to get to Xintiandi because we were snapping photos like crazy.
One thing that we noticed right away is the wiring around the trees. I’m not sure what kind of wiring it is but regardless, it looked pretty dangerous!
As expected, many of the houses and buildings in the area had been restored and looked like Western style buildings. Although the area was created for the French, many people of different nationalities ended up settling here.
I took the same walk a few months later in the midst of winter and even with the bare trees, Simen Road was still quite a site.
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