This weekend I was able to get a great tour of Shanghai.
On Friday night we walked around the Bund. Accross the water from the historic bund you are able to see some of the most modern buildings in Shanghai (pictured on the left). One of my favorite reasons for visiting Shanghai is seeing the amazing architecture prevalent all around the city.
On Saturday I realized the resemblence between Milan and Shanghai - endless and endless streets of shopping (my Disneyland :)). The unique aspect of Shanghai is the choice you have between real and fake things . On the left you can see that there are even fake KFC stores here - featuring a Chinese Kernel ;).
On Sunday we decided to visit the famous Yuyuan Garden . Yuyuan is a 400 year old classical Chinese garden in the Old Town of Shanghai, not far from the Bund (picture below). Pan Yunduan spent twenty years and all his savings building it to please his parents in their old age. That is why he called this garden "Yuyuan" - because "yu" in Chinese means "peace and health".
You can see more pictures and descriptions of our trip here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61818315@N00/
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