Morning in Old Shanghai

We slept late today! We've finally adjusted to the time difference and slept until 8:00am. Hotel breakfast - and they remembered us from the day before - and then headed out to walk through Old Shanghai. It's not far from our hotel.

The first thing we saw was a beautiful old Taoist temple. It's still an active temple and while we were walking through, people came to pray and burn incense in the traditional way. The wood and statues of goddesses were quite interesting.

Very near the template was Old Shanghai City, with wonderful friendly people -- open air market with fresh vegetables, fish, chickens, ducks. Patti was trying to take a photograph of an older lady, and she invited us into her air conditioned shop to sit on the sofa and visit. Suddenly we were the talk of the neighborhood and people streamed into the shop to come see us. The people in this part of the city were the happiest we've seen - it was clearly a neighborhood and we felt welcomed into it.

We're back at the hotel now, packing to leave for Wuhan this afternoon. Hi to everyone! We love to hear from you and enjoy reading your comments. This technology is great -- helps us feel close to home and our friends and family.

- Patti & Leanne