Touring Shanghai

After a pretty good rest, at the beautiful Park Hotel, we had a wonderful breakfast and went exploring. (The Park Hotel is one of the oldest, and at one time was the tallest building in Asia.) There was a public park across the street so we wandered over and saw people doing exercises like Tai Chi and playing badminton. It was very beautiful and relaxing. (Bill is watching it on TV as I type this as it is a big sport here.) Our guide picked us up at 9:00 a.m. and we headed to Yu Garden. Yu Garden was built over 400 years ago by an emperor from the Ming Dynasty. After that we went to a tea house and sampled 7 kinds of tea. The tea ceremony was very cool even if I don't drink tea. Apparently a new tea of the year comes out every April so a new one had just come out. After tea, we went to a silk company where they told us about the silk worm and showed us how silk is made. Pam got to help stretch some silk into a quilt. We also learned that there are two kinds of silk cocoons which are used to make thread and the other makes quilts. Then we took a relaxing cruise down the Pu River. It was by the Bund. It was warm but a nice breeze. Pam loves the weather but Bill is hot. After that we went to a shopping district which had restaurants too. It was too expensive for us. Then we went to a different airport and flew to Guangzhou. It was dark when we arrived.