..and with that I mean the largesf (attention: largest, not tallest!) building in the world. For now. I'm sure there will soon pop up an even bigger one in my Chinese surroundings. But for the moment the Global Center in Chengdu owns this title. So I had to go and check it out. So Sunday was set for my trip to the Global Center, which hosts next to a huge department store with supermarket a huge movie theatre, an ice skating ring, even a whole waterpark and various hotels, and for sure plenty of eateries to indulge in. If you don't believe me that some place like this exists, google it. I tried to fit the whole building on a picture but did not succeed. I think it takes a couple of hundred meters distance to achieve that.
Stepping out of the subway station, my first thought was "Holy Cow, is this huge!" But I have to say to me it seems bigger from the outside than it actually was inside. Even though it takes some time to get around in there. Luckily I reserved a whole day for this. And I didn't even try out the waterpark, skating ring or the movies (way too expensive anyway).
The center really hosts mostly brand stores which are pretty pricey, but they do have H&M for example too. Sure enough they also have plenty of opportunities to feed your munchies, and I have to admit that I actually spent a whole hour walking around the center figuring out where to eat :-) I ended up in a Korean restaurant where I decided on a rice, veggie and meat bowl + soup and salad (for all of you who can never get enough dressing this one would have been perfect! - veggies actually swimming in the vinaigrette). Delicious. True Asian food never dissapoints here.
So at the end of my day in the Global Center I walked out with 2 dresses and one - in my opinion - super cute and elegant top. Found some good deals in there and bringing home my prey was a pretty good feeling. My first purchases in China. Yippie! Good that there's still plenty of space in my suitcase. We'll see how this looks like in 5 months ;-)