We arrived in Shanghai yesterday and have been touring non-stop! Yesterday we went straight from the airport to an old Chinese “water” village, where the houses are on either side of canals. We also toured a silk factory to see how the silk is harvested from the silkworm cocoons–there were many lovely silk items on sale–although everyone is holding out for the Red Bridge Market in Beijing. We ended our day with a river cruise along the Huang Pu river–watching a spectacular light display on all of the skyscrapers on the east side of the river. We finally reached our hotel about 8:30–even our most intrepid students took to their beds pretty early. A good nights sleep + a hot shower seems to have revived everyone for another day of sightseeing in Shanghai!

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