I arrived safely in Shanghai…

…on Wednesday morning at Pu Dong Airport, which serves as the International Airport for Shanghai. I got immediately picked up by a driver sent by the Lenzing office and was brought to my apartment where I’ll live for the next weeks. This is by the way a luxurious 92 sqm loft on the 15th floor with a beautiful view to the Bund.

Balcony view

(The picture was taken yesterday night after 11 p.m when the flashy lights usually are already gone.)

After checking into my apartment I got a call from Maggie, one of the marketing girls of the LFS (Lenzing Fibers Shanghai) to have some lunch together. I additionally got to know Aurora who is also working at the office. She showed me the Bund at night and helped me to buy a chinese cell phone (+8613818350440).

To sum up, this was my first day in a whole new world which actually already started in Fürstenfeld / Styria at 7 a.m. when my family brought me to Vienna airport. I left Vienna to Frankfurt at 11 a.m. and had a 5 hours stay there before departing to Pudong Airport / Shanghai, which could have been a more pleasant flight. But I finally made it and I’m lucky to stay for half a year not to repeat that kind of torture too early. Just kidding… ;)

oak in front of the Bund

Today, after having troubles with the network driver of my notebook back at the apartment and also at the office, I mainly spent my time in the office. After lunch Aurora took me to a customer meeting where she presented the LFS. As you could probably imagine – in Chinese. Thank god I already knew the mainpart of the Lenzing slides.

The good thing is that I nearly didn’t suffer any jetleg although I could hardly catch any sleep on the plane. So far I really enjoy the atmosphere here in Shanghai and I’ll try to further explore it during the next week with the opportunity of living virtually at the center of this huge business place.

I hope that you appreciate being kept up-2-date in form of this blog!

再见 (zai jian),

Mike