Touring Shanghai with Rachel Long and her sister, Becca,
was delightful. We learned about the city as we cruised through it at
break-neck speed: up a skyscraper to see West Shanghai, over the river
on a ferry to venture into the Old Town area with its traditional
Chinese architecture and a lunch of dumplings... tons and tons of
dumplings... crab, veggie, pork, and shrimp.
Yesterday was the first time we "split-up" and spent
an hour or so exploring in small groups. The Old Town area was perfect
for this: busy, full of activity, navigatable on food, and filled with
other foreigners.
Rachel and Becca led the team back through the Metro
(subway) to our hotel. It was such a blessing to be with them... they
said the hardest thing about being in China is being isolated,
culturally. By the end of our time together, there were hugs and
addresses exchanged.
After that, we had a few moments of rest, dinner at a
restaurant close to our hotel, a brief time for devotions and
debriefing, then off to bed.
This morning, some of us I went to a local park just
a block or two away and enjoyed the birds and being with the locals who
were exercising and starting the day. We saw people practicing Ti Chee
playing badminton, power walking, stretching and jogging. It was a
lovely, relaxing experience.
Just to let you know, the BLOG is not up datable at
our hotel... the hotel filters out Blogger. So, we will not be able to
update it until we get to Wuhan. Until then, emailing is the only sure-fire direct way of communicating with us.
Well, off to pack, go to breakfast, pick up some snacks for the 6 hour train ride (it is a "fast train"). We will be in Wuhan tonight!
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