This past weekend I woke up and took the 9:30 high speed train into Shanghai on Saturday morning for a weekend of tourism. There I first went to the City God Temple and YuYuan Gardens, in the older part of the city on the river called the Bund. At the temple I met up with Juliana, a longtime friend of the family, who is currently interning in Shanghai. We think it has been more than 10 years since we last saw each other, so it was very strange that it took us meeting in the most populous city in the world 7000 miles away from home to see each other again.
The high speed train hurtles along at 280 kmh, getting from Suzhou to Shanghai in less than 30 min.
The YuYuan Gardens in the Bund area of Shanghai. Just as beautiful as the Suzhou gardens, but much of this garden was off limits, only for viewing, not walking through.
The following pictures are taken from the 40th floor of this building.
Shanghai at night, although this is only a small part of the city, and even the edge of this part is lost in the smog.
Juliana and her two roommates.
At the top of the Jin Mao Tower, on the observation deck, 340 meters from the really hard looking sidewalk.
My favorite (contemporary) building in Shanghai, one of the major radio broadcast towers.
In front of the Shanghai Museum. It was a great weekend.
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