Saturday: Our last day in China. We began the morning with the group and a breakfast in our hotel. (American style breakfast) We boarded a tour bus and headed down to part of Shanghai which looked just like Italy. The part of Shanghai houses the Communist Party Museum. The Museum was not particularly interesting from the standpoint of artifacts, but from the significance to China it meant quite a bit to the Chinese people. Our next stop was the Shanghai Museum. This museum housed many different rooms dealing with Chinese history. Some sample room topics ranged from Calligraphy, currency, minorities of China and Jade artifacts. Lunch together at a local restaurant and the rest of the afternoon and evening was shopping at a local outside market and dinner on our own. I paired up with my roommate from Indiana. He was a superintendent from the Norwell School District and made the Beijing and Shanghai very enjoyable. We walked and bartered for some simple items in the market. Realize that you will probably pay less than half of the asking price at most of these stores in markets. Our evening ended with a taxi ride back to the hotel. Thoughts about Shanghai: It really is a growing city in China. They have built an unbelievable number of buildings on a built island called Pudong. Google Pudong and see what has been built in the last 20 years. I did take pictures and have posted to Photobucket so be sure to check them out. Home to America tomorrow and I am ready to be home.