Took the very clean, very stylish underground four stops from our hotel to the new side of the Bund...all built in the last 20 years. Talk about "power building!!!"
Ever the Dragons...always the flowers...
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Merry Christmas...
The Convention Center
Then to a lovely little (5 acre) park/ temple in the heart of the re- built old town
THEN we found the birthplace of the Communist Party in China...no photos allowed...
Lunch on our own found most of us looking for western food....we opted for pumpkin soup and spaghetti...
Not finished yet...
The Shanghai Planning department has the largest scale model/detailed model of a city in the world...every building there...it is only the CENTER of Shanghai:
You basically cannot take a photo of it...I don't think the video will transmit here.
Nearly EVERYONE ready for a nap. Our last event with Road Scholar is this evening's dinner. Some are worrying about returning to Connecticut with the Storm Sandy pummeling the East Coast...some are going on for another 6 weeks ( really!). One has already left for Toronto, others leave for California during the next few days...We leave for Hong Kong tomorrow for 4 more days and our Excellent Guide Kehue Zheng will be most happy to return to his home and new baby!
Location:Rainy Shanghai
Pretty cool Mom. Why did they have that model? was it just for show or was it being used for something.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear about Hong Kong!