 Exploring Shanghai with Sylvie |
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My friend Sylvie from Paris came to visit me for 10 days. It was really fun having her here --she was my first, and will probably be my only--houseguest in Shanghai, since I'm leaving in 6 weeks, and no one else has said they were coming.
We had a great time exploring this vibrant city. Have a look at the photos, where I've added captions and comments.
Sylvie left last Friday morning. The final photos are of some of my activities since she left: a talk I gave at the Shanghai Community Center on Friday afternoon; eyeing a wedding party from the windows of my apartment on Saturday; and attending a "vernissage" (opening of an art exhibit) on Sunday afternoon.
My teaching at the French School ends on July 3. I'm hoping to travel somewhere in Asia (Bali? Laos?) for a week before returning to Paris for ten days on July 11. Then on July 22 I'm off to the West Coast of the U.S. (California, Oregon, Washington State, and Utah) for 6 weeks.
So the traveling continues -- I've got the bug! As for next year, I haven't decided yet. All I know is that I'll miss Shanghai and may return. In any case, I hope to come back for at least the Expo when it opens in May.
Pudong Towers
Jin Mao Building (left), Shanghai World Financial Center ("the bottle opener"). I went up to the of the Jin Mao--what a view!
Communist Party Museum
in Xintiandi district. Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
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