Shanghai Surprise

Last up on our trip was Shanghai after an overnight train ride from Xi'an.  We shared a sleeping compartment with 2 Chinamen who spoke less English then we spoke Chinese.  After one of them made us both speak to his little girl on his phone and sample his bai jiu a/k/a Chinese fire water we jumped up onto our bunks and slept the ride away.  Shanghai was truly magnificent.  Again old meets new but this time masterly crafted.  I would go back in an instant.

A city to be seen at night.  This view of Pudong from about 6 stories up
behind the front row of the Bund.

The view as seen from Vue on the 33rd floor of the Hyatt.  Pudong on the left, Huangpu River in the middle and the end of the Bund on the right.  

A city also to be seen during the daytime.  This picture hasn't done justice to the colors of the Pearl Tower or World Expo site both in middle of the view.  

The Bund - colonial Shanghai.  

After having a cocktail at the famous Long Bar, we took a moment to soak in the beauty of the Waldorf Astoria.  

Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art.  Whatever that says is made of the ingredients
for a s'more.  It smelled delightful!  

Yuyuan Gardens circa 1559.

Our final Chinese supper happened at Sichuan Citizen in the French Concession.
That is lotus something or other.   It was scrumptous.  

Zaijian!!