This day was great and also exhausting — normal day for Shanghai. We went to People’s Park and walked in the perfect shady nature area in 72 degree weather. Lots of people sitting on benches, some playing cards, some with their babies in strollers Some women were dancing to the music of their boom box: traditional choreographed Chinese dancing with colorful orange cloths in their hands. This was near a large pond of koi/goldfish. Just beautiful and relaxing.
Then we went to lunch at Yang’s Fried Dumplings. It’s 2 blocks down the urban, older streets filled with restaurants, apartments, shops, and hotels. The boys liked the dumplings. Shrimp or pork, they have soup inside and are fried almost black on the bottom and cooked in a ton of oil. Greasy.
Then we headed for the Shanghai Museum. It was 82 degrees by this time and we were walking in the sun and the city blocks were loooong. We were exhausted when we arrived but the tea room was lovely. After coffee, we checked out the more than 6000 years of ceramics that have been well preserved. You see the pictures in my other blog post.
