View from our hotel room of Freedom Park

January 1st

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January 3rd 2009
Happy New Year's to you all. Everyone got a slow start today - we went to a market in the afternoon that was in the subway. Was just store after store in a maze-like atmosphere. We all came away with something. We went to dinner at a Brazilian Steakhouse where they bring spits of meat to the table and carve it off for you. Some of items in the "The Parade of Meats" were beef tongue, lamb chops, ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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