Shanghai is the largest city in China and the eighth largest in the world with about 17 million people - about twice the size of New York City! I think most of the 17 million were at the Nanjing pedestrian mall when we arrived on Saturday afternoon. Above is a picture showing the masses.
On our first outing, we walked from our hotel to the Shanghai riverfront, to an area called "The Bund" which was the commercial center of Shanghai at the turn of the last century. The street is lined with historic, western style buildings built by the foreign businesses during Shanghai's treaty port era. Across the river from then Bund is an area called "Pudong" which is the new financial center of Shanghai and China. It has the modern skyline shown in most current-day pictures of Shanghai. The Cazzato children are pictured above with the Pudong skyline behind them.
In the picture with the kids is a Chinese woman who asked if she could have her picture taken with our four children. The Chinese love children and a western family with four kids is a significant novelty. This scene of having a complete stranger pose with our children for a photo is not uncommon when we go out sightseeing.
Later that evening, we met up with our running compatriots and their families for dinner. The final two pictures are scenes from our walk to the Pizza Hut on Nanjing Road.
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