4th of July

Shanghai Museum in the morning. The busy Nanjing Street pedestrian mall after. Although I'd been here before, I'd've never know that Li Hongzhang's calligraphy was on a shop. He was an extremely important figure in the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Dinner was at Dexinguan restaurant, est. 1878. Had the specialty noodles with part of boned pig face, fried fish, and marinated eel. Appetizers were spring rolls, peanuts in vinegar and some chopped vegetable, and drunken chicken (the pieces of chicken marinated in rice wine). More food than I needed. It took us a long time to find this restaurant, but it was worth it.

All of us are getting tired. We will have some freer time to decompress in the next few days.

While we were going to eat on our own, many went to the American fast food places to help celebrate the holiday. An evening of karaoke fell through, and the Dean arranged for an Independence Day elebration among ourselves at the hotel.

Went to Pudong and went up to the observation deck of the Oriental Pearl TV tower. It was hazy and then cloudy because of rain. Still it was spectacular being over 200 storeys in the air.