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| Oriental Pearl Tower and Downtown |
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| Busy Shanghai Shopping Street |
This weekend was the District Conference for the Shanghai, China International District. As a special activity for all the young single adults (YSA) in the district they had a grand tour of Shanghai. I had to work so wasn't able to meet up with them until around 7pm. In all there were about 50 YSAs that were there for the tour. Most of them are here for study abroad or a semester of teaching english. I had been to Shanghai before, during the day but at night the city comes alive! We took advantage of the nice weather and walked along downtown side of the Huangpu River. The city is an explosion of lights. Some more elaborate than others. We then took a super short ferry ride across the river to The Bund.
After The Bund, we walked to a main shopping street. They had an Apple and a Gap store right across from each other. Pretty much Shanghai at its finest. It was so beautiful, everything was all lit up and the streets were filled with people. I would definitely recommend Shanghai at night.
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| The Bund |
About The Bund (rhymes with "fund"): The Bund was initially a British settlement. It has dozens of historical buildings, lining the western back of the Haungpu River, that once house numerous international banks and trading houses, consulates, a newspaper and several clubs. It continues to be the center of Shanghai financial district. A lot of the main builds have very European styled architecture, it reminded me a lot of my mission, well except for all the Chinese people.
P.S. They have Cold Stone! I got my favorite Cheesecake with Snickers!!
