When visiting a new city... there is nothing better than going downtown to explore. As a couple of us were discussing what to do during our free day ... we decided to go downtown (which brought on us singing... "downtown.. down where the lights are bright... downtown"...I think I am in good company!) So Sunday a friend and I went to downtown Shanghai to explore ...
We meet in the lobby and unfolded the map only to find we really had no clue where we were going so we took the metro map to the receptionist and were able to use the point method of what we wanted and figure out what metro line to take and what stop to get off on. Oh the joys of not knowing mandarin!
So we were able to get to the metro... go 5 stops... get off and the explorations began...
We weren't really sure where we were in the middle of Shanghai nor which way we needed to go so we just walked around taking it all in.
Taking pictures... at one point a group of 4 chinese ladies stopped Lindsay with her blond hair and blue eyes to take their pictures with her. I then got pulled into the picture and each one wanted a picture with us... like we were celebrities. We walked away laughing and starting a mental tally of how many people take our picts while we are out and about.
Lunch... in order to get our bearings straight... we stopped at McDonald's for lunch and to consult the map... and decided that we were heading in the wrong direction so after visiting M&M world and the Great Wall of Chocolate we looped around the block to find the Bund... which is on the waterfront.
Lots of people out and about... walked through a huge tour group of Japenese in their matching hats... it was like swimming through a huge school of fish... keep on swimming!
The water was very dirty with lots of debris floating but the city scape was amazing including the Pearl tower. Their was a war memorial but due to the fact it was all in Mandarin... not sure what it said. Explored until tiredness kicked in and then headed back to our side of the city.
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