New Year's in Shanghai!!!

I rang in New Year's this year in Shanghai--the classic port city once overrun by the British, the French, the Japanese, and gangsters and pirates. Now it's glittering, modern, urban and wonderful. We were hosted by the wonderful Dawson, who lives and works there now. We had a great time--we didn't eat Chinese food once, we shopped, we saw the sights and most important, we hung out enjoying friendship for the new year. Here are a few pics.

The Pudong skyline at dusk

An old church that's in the midst of renovation that we found and snuck into--I think it was Episcopal

The dust of the unused--or of renovation...

INCREDIBLE--sandwiches in China are rare--so this was probably my favorite meal during our trip! We also ate Greek, Indian and TexMex!

This was my favorite museum stop--it's the Propaganda Poster Museum--a collection of propaganda posters from the 50's-70's. It's pretty interesting to see how they portrayed their enemies (uhh....errr....that's us.) and their goals. The museum is hidden away in a collection of apartment buildings--you have to want to find it. First you find the complex, then ask the guard at the security gate, he gives you a card with a map on the back to find the exact building, and then you go into the basement for the poster exhibit!

This is my patriotic fist

A glimps of some of the posters

ahem....it just reminds us of how cool it is that we can all live here and be friends now!

On the train ride home--we were stuck with the top berths.