Day 13, Pots, Paints, and a Ton More of Harassment by Vendors

Our last whole day in China began with a visit to the Shanghai Museum.

 The architecture of the museum is very significant in that it has a round top and a square bottom. This is because ancient China believed that heaven was round and a circle while the Earth was a square. Of course, it wasn't but the world did not have such a deep intellectual thinking mind yet, there were only scientific theories. 

  A school group of elementary kids visiting, all in suits and dresses

 Next, we went to Xin Tian Di, or New Earth and  Heaven. This village was newly renovated to bring more tourists and the young people to preserve their culture. Now, there are restaurant, bars, and shops within the corridors. There are still people living in this neighborhood today. We decided to make a pit stop at Haagen Daz. Their Haagen Daz is a full out, five star restaurant-type of setting. When people come in, they get seated and served water with lemon. A whole scoop and a half. I think that would be around six USD. Do you know how much Haagen Daz we can buy with $6 at home ?! A pint! (I only know that because we checked the prices back at home). But the nice thing at this place was that they gave a full menu of all the ice cream flavors AND the different types of sundaes they serve made by professional chefs from all over the world !

A real Apple Store! Ironically, Apple products are assembled in China, but they sell it to the Chinese people for an extra $100-150, depending on the product. They have to ship it back to America and yet it charge more for it in the country that assembled the products….. That makes total sense. 

I wonder who comes up with Chinese brand names ?

We decided to explore more of the hotel on our last night. We found the gym, and this is what we did. 

Tomorrow, we wake up in Shanghai, and head back home. It was fun while it lasted.