Yesterday and today, Dad and I have been visiting Shanghai's tallest observatories. First we went to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, which is Asia's tallest tower and the world's third tallest.
There are three "pearls" - the big one one, the second one and the "space walk." We saw Shanghai from all three levels.
This is me sitting on the glass floor.
Of course, it started raining when we got around 400 meters up in the air. Also, the building was struck by lightening three or four times. We lived, though. Obviously.
After that, we went to an antiques market.
I bought this painting of Confucius chatting it up with a turtle. The turtle represents longevity in Chinese culture.
Afterward, we went to my favorite Japanese fast food restaurant, Ajisen. Learning to use chopsticks was an adventure.
This morning, we went to the Shanghai Exhibition Center. The building was built as a friendship gesture between Soviet Russia and Communist China. It's immaculate on the inside and out. The Chinese upkeep, or lack thereof, is starting to show, though.
After that, we went to the Shanghai World finance Center's 100th story observatory. It was awesome, despite the fog.
Tomorrow, we're going to try and do a night tour of the Bund and Lujiahui district.
Until then,
Matthew
2 comments:
Your daddy sure is sweating a lot - nerves or humidity? haha Have fun.
both probably haha
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