SHANGHAI, CHINA, DAY ONE!
It was officially “layer up” day in Shanghai, China! Cool, (unless you were me, then COLD) and overcast—but we were in CHINA! These were our first glimpses of Shanghai! (Visualize blue skies and sunshine!) We met up with all the folks on the TOUR SHANGHAI WITH A LOCAL and boarded our bus for the day! Dave and Michelle opted to skip the tour and browse the markets as Michelle was on a quest for pearls! We met our tour guide, Stacy, who handed out audio boxes (yes!) and told us our first stop would be FUXING PARK. The park was beautiful, even though their winter was just now drawing to a close. People were in the park dancing, singing, playing instruments, playing badminton, and doing Tai Chi Fighting. You name it, there were people in the park doing it! Can you even imagine this park in the summer? Our tour guide told us it is a mass of humanity every single day! (Perhaps it was best we were there on a crisp end of winter day!) We had...