Shanghai at Christmas (my god how far behind are we with these blogs now!)
March 25th 2008 Shanghai 23rd - 30th December 07
Being away at christmas is a weird experience, particularly being in a non-christian country! The usual routine at home with Ethel and Linda's christmas dinners will always be 1st choice. We arrived in Shanghai on the 23rd with a view of maybe staying for 3 or 4 days, due to a lazy festive period this turned out to be more like 8 days ! It was a tale of 2 hoste
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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more 
