400 Year Old Gingko Tree
We bid farewell to hot and humid Suzhou on Wednesday morning to drive to Shanghai, China's largest city at 20 million people. It is putting on its best face for the International Expo 2010. On our 2 hour drive east on a brand new toll road we passed development everywhere. The pace of progress here is staggering.
Night skyline in Shanghai, the smog never leaves
We went to another famous garden in the middle of Shanghai with amazing plants, lakes and structures. There was a huge shopping area outside the gardens and we all got a few souvenirs.
Famous Yu Garden
After another Chinese lunch (this one much more Americanized) we drove past Shanghai's amazing waterfront and then visited the Museum of Urban Planning. It chronicles the development of Shanghai and has a model of the whole modern city on the 3rd floor. It takes up almost the entire floor.
Model of Modern Shanghai
We then visited the Shanghai Museum which is a new building with many fascinating galleries featuring many aspects of Chinese History and culture. The bronze gallery was my favorite. Some of the pieces were from 1300 BC and had amazing technology.
We had dinner with Martha Kimmel and a friend of Kate's who works at an international school in Shanghai. We implored her to send us some of her best and brightest.
We had dinner with Martha Kimmel and a friend of Kate's who works at an international school in Shanghai. We implored her to send us some of her best and brightest.
Martha, Kate and Zhang Xiaolu (who is training our Startalk Teachers)
We ended our evening with a performance of Chinese Acrobat.
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