Spring in Shanghai
Green City of JinQiao - Beautiful!
Today I went for "Coffee Morning" at the Shanghai Community Center. It was the last coffee morning of the season, but it was my first, and it was an informal way to meet some new people and to learn of many more resources of the city. Two guest speakers talked about Jade and Chinese antiques. I will definitely be visiting the antiques dealer in the near future, I'll keep you posted.
After the meeting I spoke with the HR director of the center and I will begin work next Tuesday! I will be assisting the full-time web designer with web maintenance. I am looking forward to using my talents and to learning more about server-side issues in China.
The community center is located appx 3 miles from our temporary lodging, so I chose to walk home to take advantage of the glorious weather. Halfway home and in awe of the many beautiful gardens, I realized I had my camera so I took a few pictures. Select the image to see a larger slideshow and descriptions.
I don't know about you, but this area isn't AT ALL what I had envisioned any part of China to look like. Granted, we're in a very new area of Shanghai: Pudong, and especially the JinQiao area not long ago was swamp land filled with pig farms (or so we've been told) - still, with the cobbled walkways and old-world architecture the area evokes a European feel to me. What do you think?
posted by Donna @ 12:59 AM
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It does look European and the size of that Church blew me away. We hear about arrests of Christians so I never imagined there being a church this size.
Hi Charles - we have personally walked by several places of worship (Christian) in the Pudong area, AND we've seen Bibles for sale in Chinese in a bookstore. And there are many practicing Chinese Christians (proudly wearing their crosses). So, we're not sure what all the hoopla has been with some mission folks. Maybe Shanghai is much more tolerant than the rest of the country?
Donna
The photos are beautiful and yes it looks very European..Gorgeous..I know you*re loving it...j
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