Made it to the Mainland

Wow... so I'm actually in Shanghai, China now sitting in my new apartment and I finally got the DSL Internet set up. I arrived yesterday after a pretty easy 14 hour flight and cruised through immigration and customs and was picked up by a driver. Issue number 1 (which becomes important later) I forgot to change any money, so all I have is dollars and traveler's checks. About an hour drive west of the airport, we arrived at my building and the driver helped me up with my bags after struggling to figure out the electronic key pad (everything in chinese). My new address is:
Room 1001 Number 5 Lane 188 Shuang Liu Road
Chang Ning District
Shanghai, China

The apartment is really nice, with a full kitchen, air conditioning, TV, phone, internet (took me a day to figure out the PPPoE system and get the password), bathroom, laundry machine, and a big couch in the living room. I have yet to venture outside the apartment so I can't say much about the city yet but there are already small differences that are pretty funny, such as: Light switches press down to turn on, there are no large trash cans, just a lot of really small waste baskets scattered around, and of course I can't drink the water. Also finally managed to get SkypeOut working this morning and called the parents who were much relieved to hear I was okay.

The only real issue I face now is food... I haven't eaten since the airplane yesterday morning so I'm working on a nice 24 hour fast, and I don't have any local money (it's Sunday, no banks are open, except on the other side of the city in the PuDong district) and I have no idea where I am, let alone a restaurant. Wish me luck, I'm headed out.