Pic-Story 1: Ryan rides a Bike

I started out on my quest to find Dr.Pepper

today with a bike ride to the "City Shop" 

which is a Taiwanese owned supermarket

that imports food byproducts from around

the world to Shanghai. There are 8 city shop

locations in Shanghai and I got about 7 miles 

into the ride when I realized that I had no idea

where any one of these shops were located. To

exacerbate things, it began to rain fairly hard 

and the dense fog that covered the city made my

biking points of reference (i.e. Jinmao Tower,

Oriental Pearl TV Tower) were no longer visible.

To make a long story short, I got caked in mud 

from all of the roads that are currently under

construction for the Shanghai 2010 Expo. So,

roughly an hour later, I returned home without

any Dr.Pepper. I did however manage to get 

quite a few looks from the locals. 

But I guess I am a 6'2" westerner with a dirty

mustache riding a John Deere Tractor fixed gear

in the rain with one pant leg rolled up and my 

"italia" cycling cap with the bill popped up. 

That'll get looks just about anywhere.