The last stop of the tour was a stay in Shanghai.
Thanks, we're glad to be here!
One stop shopping.
Whether by car, bus, bike, tram, or foot, we couldn't wait to get to our next Big Mac.
As these museum planners will tell you, it is always best to stay away from complex and controversial questions such as historical inevitability in exhibits intended for a public audience. Keep it simple, Sonny.
They didn't allow pictures in the Museum of the First Communist Party Congress.
In Shanghai, past and present telescope together.
Too slippery for chopsticks.
When visiting the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall it is important to thread your eye through the needle building.
Contrary to all appearances, this is not the leftover from some hypersteroidal Monopoly® tournament, but rather a complete model of the city of Shanghai. As you can clearly see, our hotel is right there on the left.
With the golf ball on one side and a golf cart on the other, it was not surprising that we initially confused the Shanghai Museum with one of the holes on a Putt-Putt® course.
I thought so hard about China that my head turned into Tang era Lokapala stone.
Cizhou ware, (Jin Dynasty, C.E. 1115-1234) is to witty web captions as "Orange" is to rhyming.
Is that her foot tapping because you were late again coming home from school?
This Han Dynasty Bixie is celebrating the good fortune of those who get to visit the Shanghai museum.
Hey, Mr. Sullivan! Is form following function here, or function following form?
When visiting the Jin Mao building you should watch things very carefully and pay close attention. This is, after all, one of the tallest buildings in the world. Louis Sullivan would be awed.
We are informed that some former Furman travel study participants might have some tall tales to tell about the Dongfang Mingzhu Pearl Tower.
My hero!
The Yao Ming distinguished foot and shoe contest.
Duoshao? Tai guile!
But the memories were worth every yuan.
Except for the puffy Simpsons clouds it looks just like the model.
With the lobby on the 57th level, even the Americans don't have to be unlucky enough to stay on the fourth floor of this hotel.
In the celluloid age they would have called this a Kodak moment.
But do we really have to leave China? We're not done here yet.
Sittin' on the dock on the bay, watchin' the tide roll in....
C hen Yi (1901-1972) always looks after children and families on the Shanghai Bund. Today it was warm enough that he had to take off his coat.
We were constantly impressed with how thoroughly a certain Swiss watch company had covered China with its street representatives, always eager to provide purchasing opportunities for their fine products.
At the end of our tour we were so excited about the experience that we did backflips and somersaults.
Another one of those Merle Haggard moments that keep popping onto the playlist of life.
Homecoming sunrise over the International Date Line. Thanks, everyone. It was unforgettable!
