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Shanghai, The city of China.
Trip to Shanghai was not just a sightseeing tour for me.
I really needed to take some rest and refresh my mind.
Yes, I satisfied enough and more.

Shaghai was a big metro city than I expected.
You may hard to find traditional chinese things here.  
However, It is still one of the most attractive city in the world.
And I'd rather say, it is a orginal Shanghai style.

Honestly, I don't think I would live in Shanghai.
But, I can say I would visit here some other day.

I would never forget yellow light of the Bund.
Everything are in my mind.

At the park.
I read a book titled '色, 戒'..
Took some pictures..

When I reminisce about Shanghai, it always comes with Park sae-byul's music.

It was a rainy day.
I visited this Starbucks branch the second.I took some notes.
......
When travel was over, I could found another things from here.

Bags, and flight FM827 over the window.

Time to leave
The last step at the airport.

One day Ticket.
I bought it from Korea.
I could save my time..,,

UK Pavilion

Finland Pavilion

Italy Pavilion

France Pavilion

Republic of Korea Finland Pavilion

This is Xintiandi(新天地).
Which was developed by businessman from HK.
It seemed European style complex, however these buildings are 弄堂 style which is traditional dwelling style of south chinese.Jazz Club "Brown Sugar"She played Violin Sonata of Edward Elgar.
I prefer Edward Elgar cello concert but it was romantic enough.People at Xintiandi.I had a brunch at The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.
I wrote some postcards and E-mail to my friends.

 Cafe Ginger at west Fu xing rd.
  Apple crumble
  Lemon Tart
  Tropical Slurp

  Total: 115 RMB

It tasted really great!
How can I explain...I'll never forget west Fu xing rd. with platanus..

I loved old-fashioned streets in Shanghai

Everyone know that chinese like two things.
Red color and number 8.
Jin Mao Tower is a symbolic building of Shanghai.
You can find chinese idea of '8' in this building.
The building has 88 floors.
And also located on adress 88.View from Jin Mao Tower.Grand Hyatt Shanghai located at 53-87 Floor in this building.
It was really amazing!Self shotSWFC building which is only one taller building than this tower.  It was hot. I Took a rest... I had to. 

  Christian Dior's fashion show "Cruise" in Shanghai.
   John Galliano was there.

 

variety shapes, variety use.

 They have a preparation for rain.

in the ferry.

 As you know, two-wheeled vehicles are very popular in China.
You can find many dfferent modified bikes for different purposes everywhere in Shanghai.

Green Tea sesame roll at Starbucks Coffee Shop.
 I needed some time for rest.
 And I got a chance to have a nice chat with friend.Binjiang Dado is popular street in Shanghai.
There were enough benchs... good view of course.
And you can smell Huangpu River...
I loved it!People.
There were many chinese people but it was hard to find foreigners.It seemed debris of Dock facility.

                    The garden was first established in 1559 as a private garden created by Pan Yunduan, who spent almost 20 years building a garden to please his father Pan En, a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty, during his father's old age. Over the years, the gardens fell into disrepair until about 1760 when bought by merchants, before suffering extensive damage in the 19th century. In 1842, during the Opium Wars, the British army occupied the Town God Temple for five days. During the Taiping Rebellion the gardens were occupied by imperial troops, and damaged again by the Japanese in 1942. They were repaired by the Shanghai government from 1956-1961, opened to the public in 1961, and declared a national monument in 1982.   from wikipedia

 Chinese style Lamp.
There were many characteristic small gates as many as separated areas.I loved that wall.
When I touched, It was cold but it made me calm.I could feel green vitality at the old traditional garden.
Old and green. Breath of moss.On the floor..
I can't forget the feelings on my fingers.
They are still fighting against a dragon since Ming Dynasty.
Antique and simple.
Only I and tree in this room. I thought even I could talk to leaves.Harmonious chinese family. They seem to be happy.




 Yuyuan was quite a big garden than I expected.
It was separated with many different areas delicately. And each area made me feel cosy.

 In this garden, you can feel fresh energy as much as old chinese tradition spirit.

They alway seemed to be very tired.

 When I first saw this sight, It was little strange thing.
Because, I have hardly seen like this before in Korea.
In Korea, they usually dry their laundry in house or veranda in apartment.
They reluctant to hang out their clothes that everyone easy to see; maybe air pollution problem too.
 I'm not sure that Shanghai has a clean air or not. Anyway, in Shanghai, you can see laundry everywhere. Even I saw it was hung at rooftop of department store. And sometimes it seemed to dangerous, can you see a T-shirt hanging on electric power line pole(Left picture)?

 
Sunny day.
I always hope to take for a walk at somewhere like this.

 
I visited 東方明珠(Oriental Pearl TV Tower)
Honestly, it was not that fascinating as I expected. Anyway, this tower is symbolic structure of Shanghai.

 

Here is SWFC(Shanghai World Financial Center) which is one of the highest building in the world.

 
Sunset was so beautiful.
I spent about 2 hours at this observation deck.
Sometimes just seating and having a time... sentimental relax.
We need to, truly.

 

Shanghai was a really big city.
And there were so many people. 22 millions... wow

(I recommend you to click pics for large size)

AREX to Airport in Seoul.
It's so clean and convenient.
However MAGLEV in Shanghai is much faster.
Finally, I'm on Shanghai. It was my first visit.
The Bund.
I loved that light and color.
Pudong, across the river.
It was amazing.Lovers at Waitan and people.