I met Stella at a Sunday English Corner and was complaining that I could only buy men’s’ shoes and clothes here. She said she knew of a place that sells products for overseas. Translate that to “clothes for big people”. We got together last week and went thru hundreds of little stalls inside 2 big buildings. Most of the stuff was small in size but really cute. Nicole would have a ‘field day’ (rather “field week”) here. There were also lots of men’s sports wear, t-shirts such as Quicksilver, Dolce & Gabana and other ‘Name brands’, but most important there were 3 stalls where I actually found 2 FEMALE tops and a vest. I got a taxi card from one of the places so I can return on my own. I will probably do most of my shopping when I am back for my 3 weeks but it is sure nice to know that I can outfit myself if I have to. Oh, I forgot to mention that I didn’t pay more than $2.50 for each item. Female shoes still didn’t look promising. I saw nothing over a 38, (about an 8 ½ ) I wear a 42 (size 10) in European size.
Side Note: - Taxi Card did not work. Yesterday, Nathan and Elizabeth wanted to see these bargain clothes stalls so we rode an hour into HangZhou and gave the taxi driver the card. He just shook his head, but I sort of knew that it was close to the train station, so he left us off there and we found our way on foot.
