BTC shanghai day 3

Sunny, yes sunny. Forgot to put on sunscreen.

YuYuen garden, longevity for parents, built for his parents by a rich merchant mid 16th century. Pictures in bonus shots sent earlier (as are new area and some dumplings). An interesting oddity. In the roman Empire they did not have waterproof cement so they used a mixture which contained a lot of figs. In the garden here they used sticky rice.

Then off to X’ian Tien Di, New Earth area, basically a new part of town that is like a European pedestrian area. Lots of western brand name and Asian branded restaurants and shops. People eating dumplings, noodles, turkey club sandwiches, hamburgers with fries, whole compliment of Vietnamese, etc. Boutiques of all sorts.

We ate at Di Tai Fung, a place known in the LA area, there are six in Shanghai. Excellent dumplings, the best we have had to date. In LA it is called "the dumpling house"

A three hour stroll back to the hotel led us through more shopping than can be imagined. The watch business looks like very high end swiss watches are all marketed next to each other and the same collection of seemingly independent shops are cloned about a km away and they again….

A new find in town. Re’el a new underground food court. Maybe 50 shops, many very interesting. One was selling a Japanese cookie, shaped as a fish, bean paste inside. A large pool of people were trying to buy. Turns out to be well known and doing a half price new store opening promotion. Found gaufe (aka waffles) but filled Asian style with green tea or pastes. Bought a chocolate covered one to try as well as a standard Hong Kong style custard cup.

A fine farewell dinner. Duck, and dumplings along with other goodies.

The tour is over. Short recap of where we rested our heads.

Beijing. 4 nights
Luoyong. 2 nights
Xi’an. 4 nights
Yangtze river. 3 nights
Yichang and Wuhan 1 night
Changsha 3 nights
Kaili 2 nights
Guiyang 2 nights
Shanghai. 3 nights