Day Three: People's Square, Art Museums, XinTiandi, The Bund

The morning began slowly, and I took some time to put together a small puzzle I bought at Super Brand Mall on our outting yesterday.




Around 12:30, we headed out and took the Metro to People's Square. It was supposed to be an overcast day, but it turned out to be absolutely gorgeous with the sun shining and highs in the mid 50s! Our first stop in People's Park was MOCA, the Modern Art Museum. The exhibit right now focuses on fifteen artist couples and their works. The introduction to the exhibit was really interesting:












After the Modern Art Museum, we headed to the People's Park Starbucks, off Nanjing Lu. It was so warm outside that we were actually able to utilize the rooftop patio! The clock tower behind was the next stop; the Shanghai Art Museum.



The exhibit at the art museum was of a very famous Chinese painter, whose name I am currently trying to remember. It was a celebration exhibit of his 90th birthday. The Shanghai Art Museum now has the largest collection of his works.







After the art museum, which was truly an impressive exhibit, we walked to Xintiandi. Xintaindi is a "lifestyle" area in Shanghai (self-proclaimed as the first one in China) that has shops and bars and restaurants. At the end is a huge mall with Dim Sum restaurants, high end shops, and a movie theater.

It is easy to forget that you are in China when you are in Shanghai because it is such a metropolitan city. However, every so often you see something like this:


These ae my two favorite buildings on Shanghai. Right near Xintaindi.

And, right near my favorite Starbucks in the city:

In front of the lake of Xintiandi:
Mom and daughter photo at the Pauliner Hofbrauhaus where we stopped to have a snack and some good beer:


Crowds at the People's Square Metro:

It's Chinese New Year! The Year of the Ox!

The lights of People's Sqaure, Nanjing Lu:

Leave it to my mom; she will find tennis anywhere, even on a huge screen in People's Square. We stopped for a while to watch as I planned our route to the Bund.

The lights of Pudong from the Bund. Although it was a very clear day, it was a little hazy at night.


We took the "Bund Sightseeing Tunnel" from Puxi to Pudong, across the Huangpu River. It was pretty cheesy, but a fun way to get to Pudong. This was just the escalator town to the tunnel. The tunnel itself was like a very slow moving metro covered in brought neon tube lights. It was a fun tourist thing to do once, but not something I expect to do again.

The Pearl Tower at night.
Our day ended with at an Italian Restuarant in the French Concession. We spent over nine hours out in the city in total, which is the longest I have ever been out and about in Shanghai. We are taking a day of rest today. Maybe Ikea a little later and then a nice place for dinner.

Thats all for now! Zaijian!