Jul 25.
We are on our last flight in China, headed for Shanghai, and back from the hinterlands of China. Margaret’s brother (Monty) and sister-in-law (Wendy) reside there. After checking in to the Portman Ritz Hotel, our first venture out is to meet Wendy for a dumpling lunch at Nan Xian Steamed Bun Restaurant. The restuarant was founded in 1900 and as you go move up to the upper floors, the prices go up, the dining gets better, and the lines are shorter.
After lunch, we realize we are in the Old City and decide to bargin hunt, as a group and sometimes individually. Eventually we all make it back to the hotel. For dinner (like we really need to eat more), we head to Monty and Wendy’s to have “snacks” and to look at the Huangpu River at night. Another first, we see a boat that is a floating hi-tech billboard. The billboard is a massive, and I mean like two or three stories high massive, LCD that is displaying full motion video.