Day 2

Our driver, Mr. Chen, arrived with our Volkswagon Santana (a cross between a Ford Tempo and a '88 Volvo) on Sunday morning to take us to Wal-Mart. The Santana might be the only 4- cylinder car in the world equipped with full blackout protection on the windows (very CIA). No folks, that's not the President driving down the road in an economy car, it's just the Richardsons.
When we arrived at Wal-Mart we got two carts (knowing we would need them). Juliet road in the cart Anne was pushing and she insisted that her baby doll (who looks mysteriously real) ride in the cart Scott was pushing. We found out two things in the first five minutes at Wal-Mart: One, all 22 million people who reside in Shanghai, go to Wal-Mart on Sundays, and two, all of them found Scott pushing a baby doll in a cart the most humorous thing they had ever seen. In fact, the people giving away free samples wear microphones to lure people over and we're pretty convinced they announced to the whole store to stop by frozen foods and see the crazy American man making a fool of himself.

The food we found was interesting. Our pantry and fridge are now basically stocked with muffin mix, cereal, chips, and M&Ms. We were very tempted to go with some "local cuisine" like the Savory Prawn flavored Lays, but opted instead for the American Classic flavor.