ONE DAY IN SHANGHAI # 11

 FOUR SEASONS HOTEL
 FOUR SEASONS HOTEL


SHANGHAI TODAY.



We were only in Shanghai one day...a very every minute packed day.  Beanie and I weren't all that excited about the prospect of being there.
But it was just as exciting as Tokyo.
We spent a lot of time with Pete (Dr. Peterson the tour physician) in Tokyo and the six high school teachers from North Dakota. It would be the same in Shanghai except the three couples from Detroit joined us. Beanie and I rolled our eyes toward each other when we saw how nagging those rich wives were. We felt the husbands need a break from them more than a break from the auto industry. Bless their hearts!!

The_____PRIVATE JET TOUR experts who traveled with us were totally in charge. Beanie and I found this somewhat annoying. Before on our pretend trips we did as we pleased!

Anyway the first thing we did was to see Shanghai Museum.  I confess it was a first class world museum in every way.

 


  



  

  
Maybe these pictures will give you an idea. There was so much to see. We  spent two hours there and didn't touch the surface...a fine museum, indeed!!
Then or delux vans took us to PEOPLE'S SQUARE.

Renmin Guangchang (People's Square)
Shanghai's central square was once part of colonial Shanghai's horse-racing track. To the northwest, the building with the curved crucible roof is the Shanghai Grand Theatre, the city's premier venue for international performances, dances, and concerts. Just behind it, though out of view, is the colonial clock tower marking today's Shanghai Art Museum. Directly to your north is Shanghai's City Hall.



eople's Square (Renmin Guang Chang...

To the Northwest is the Shanghai Theater. I wished Roy could see it. One of the best theaters in the world.  
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the Shanghai Grand Theatre, the city's premier venue for international performances, dances, and concerts. Just behind it, though out of view, is the colonial clock tower marking today's Shanghai Art Museum.

We had seen so much museum already, but we ducked into this glass building and found it more than worth seeing. The Shanghai Urban Planning Museum. It has a scaled version of Shanghai of the future. Amazing.
 

Scaled version of future Shanghai

 We went to the roof top restaurant at M on the Bun. All of us ate there. Such a gorgeous view and wonderful food.






  Our vans had passed Nanjing Lu Pedestrian Mall, the busiest shopping street in Shanghai. After lunch most everyone went to the mall to shop several hours. Beanie and I don't ever shop on our trips, waste of time and energy. We went back to hotel and tried to talk with some of the employees there who spoke a little English.

 Shopping Mall

Those of us who didn't go shopping met the others in Old Town a few hours later. 
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Ducks hanging for sale

  best sight we saw!!

We heard much of old town is being torn down to make way for more commercial enterprizes. Some want it to be a Disney Land version of old Shanghai. Dudn't that beat all???!!

Then we went to Yuyuan Garden. 

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At 7:30 we all went to an marvelous acrobat show. "Though this screams "tourist" in every way, few visitors are disappointed with their night spent watching the contortionist, juggling, unicycling, and plate-spinning acts of the justifiably world-famous Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe at the Shanghai Center Theatre (Shanghai Shangcheng Juyuan). Performances usually start at 7:30pm and last 90 minutes."

I don't think any of our group went out for dinner...too tired. We ordered light supper sent to our room. I thought about missionaries I know in China who are sort of undercover, to help people who want to leave to get out of the country.
Still tired today after such a long day in Shanghai.   annie
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