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Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Shanghai Museum

Well, I've just lost a looong message I had written about yesterday and our visit to the great and very modern Shanghai Museum, so I am really upset and I won't write it all again right now.
What I said was basically that:
-Shanghai Historical Museum is very well arranged, classy and very well lit.
-The collections are rich and interesting with plenty of explanations in english.
-You can have a look at their website:
http://www.shanghaimuseum.net/en/index.asp
-Chinese school kids visiting the museum were a real pain. They're spoilt, noisy, rude and nobody ever dare say anything to them. They used the museum as a crazy playground.
-We visited the Old Town and the Antiquaries market.
Amazing contrasts, nearly destroyed houses and poverty being juxtaposed to the skyline of the skyscrapers...Pretty impressive.
-Last night we went to Xintiendi, a really popular block with all the fashionable bars, restaurants and shops for foreigners and chinese who have too much money in their pockets. Pretty and fun but a little too expensive for our wallets.
-We don't know what we'll be doing today, nor where we'll be going but will probably stay in Shangai another day because we havent booked tickets yet.
Ok, see you soon!
ORElena
PS: I just got Segolene Royal's letter to the French Abroad and it's definitely more touching than the one Sarkozy sent some days ago.
And she even talks about ecology!
Crossing fingers 'till sunday...



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