We heard through the grapevine that Shanghai had a suburban water town called Zhujiajiao that is similar to Venice. Venice? Let’s go.

Welp, it wasn’t exactly Venice, but it was still really fun. We decided to take a car to Zhujiajiao because thanks for Shanghai version of Uber, it was only $20.00 each way (and it was an hour and a half drive). The drive was nice, picturesque, and our driver thought we were really funny.

When we arrived, we had the option to pay 100 RMB for a 10-minute boat ride, which converts to $15.08 per boat. We ate at a restaurant called Peaceland, who had a nice chef from Vermont who kindly took our American requests for cheese on our burger.

Besides that, it is a small town with lots of alley shops, food vendors (selling brain and chicken feet) all centered around the waterways. It’s a fun day trip and you can take the subway there as well.

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