We began our day with a stroll through the French Concession, the part of Shanghai that was controlled by the French during the colonial period. (Our ship is docked in the old American Concession and The Bund is the former British Concession.) Tired from the two previous days' travels, we enjoyed a long coffee break.
Shanghai architecture is amazing. Above is the Shanghai Grand Theatre, the Shanghai Museum, and the Municipal Planning Center, all located in the People's Square area. We enjoyed the buildings from the outside, but didn't go in!
We walked past a mixture of old and new buildings and ended up at the Foreign Language Bookstore, where we got a few books for the road.
Not sure we needed another boat ride...but we had signed up for a ride on the Huangpu River, the world's largest harbor. The "harbor" is actually a nearly 20 mile stretch of river that reaches from Shanghai to the Pacific Ocean. We traveled this passage to arrive in Shanghai, but were asleep while that happened. In the light of day, we were able to see shipyard after shipyard and boats and cranes of all sorts. The boat we traveled on is in the first photo; we passed our ship which is pictured in the second.
We walked past a mixture of old and new buildings and ended up at the Foreign Language Bookstore, where we got a few books for the road.
Not sure we needed another boat ride...but we had signed up for a ride on the Huangpu River, the world's largest harbor. The "harbor" is actually a nearly 20 mile stretch of river that reaches from Shanghai to the Pacific Ocean. We traveled this passage to arrive in Shanghai, but were asleep while that happened. In the light of day, we were able to see shipyard after shipyard and boats and cranes of all sorts. The boat we traveled on is in the first photo; we passed our ship which is pictured in the second.
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