Jo & Simon in Shanghai

Expo--Australia Pavilion

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at first I thought these structures looked quite ugly...but then I realized how cool they are!

Expo--Australia Pavilion

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the main feature of the pavilion was a show with huge, circular, revolving screens. it was quite impressive! I've always wanted to go to Australia...now I really really really really really want to go!!!! the presentation was in Mandarin and the host spoke in Mandarin too..which was surprising!

Expo--Canada Pavilion restaurant

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the sign is falling apart already? we tried the poutine and were sadly disappointed... :( it wasn't a good representation of real Canadian food

Expo--Spain Pavilion

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We lined up for about an hour to get in. So many people had said the Spain Pavilion is a must-see. We thought different. The pavilion was ok...not excellent. Anyway, there was GIANT baby inside the pavilion. It looked so real...its eyes open & close...its heart "beats"...I think Simon was kind of freaked out by it.

China Pavilion at night

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btw...it is basically impossible to get into the China Pavilion. I asked two different expo staff to verify how you can get a reservation ticket---both said the same thing so it should be the truth. Well, if you really want to get a ticket...you'll have to start lining up at 6:30am at one of the entrances and then fight to get to a security guard who passes out the tickets. BTW, there's a limited number of tickets per day...so they get passed out in 5 minutes. OH WELL...you can still visit the pavilions of the different Chinese provinces (which are awesome and there are barely any line-ups) which are located in basement of the China Pavilion.