Shanghai

Busy day today.

Couldn't sleep so started off with a swim at 6:00 AM.  To those thinking of traveling to Shanghai, I recommend the Pudong Shangri-La for the pool and the buffet breakfast.  The buffet consists of at least 15 stations of food ranging from typical chinese fare to the all-american omelette bar.

After breakfast, Jenny and Rob arrived with our tour guides for the day, Jenny's Aunt and Uncle.  They don't speak a word of English so Jenny had to translate everything for us.

We started off going to the observation deck of the World Financial Center.  It's the building with the hole in the top:

This is not only the tallest building in China but is the highest observatory in the world.  The observatory is slanted and has holes in the floor so that you can see down to the ground.  

This building is also home to the Google Shanghai office so we stopped by for a visit and to raid the microkitchen. 

The famous hotpot for lunch:

The hotpot was great which is more than I can say for the inedible dinner. 

The rest of the day was spent walking through the Yu Gardens and shopping.   

Dinner was on a boat. Do I need to say more than that?  The cruise up and down the river was nice but has anyone ever had a good meal on a cruise ship not named the Queen Mary.  Here's a picture:

That's some horrible beans, lotus root and some fruit that has seen better days. This was the good course.  

According to FitBit, 22248 steps and 9.2 miles walked today.

Tomorrow, we are off to Beijing on the high-speed train.