I'm Back!

As many of you know I have been away for awhile. In late Oct. we flew to Shanghai, China to join a fourteen day cruise around Asia.

We arrived a couple of days early, and one of the couples we were traveling with arranged a private tour of the City. On a previous post I showed you how modern the city has become in a photograph from a famous spot called the Bund. Above is our charming guide Lilly and our friends Sandy and David.

Our first stop was Faux Park and I was quite stunned by what all was going on there. Seniors citizens were active in all sections of the park. Here a group was ballroom dancing,

and many many groups were doing Tai Chi.

There were several very serious poker games being played

and also  a large choral group singing. When this guy saw us watching, he came over and started singing Shawnee River to David.He also wanted us to guess his age. He was very proud to tell us he was 89. I couldn't get over how friendly everyone was. They all smiled and waved and several wanted to talk to us. Of course sometimes Lilly had to translate.

I couldn't figure out why this guy was painting on the walkway?

Seems he was painting inspirational sayings with water...that seemed to dry up and disappear as fast as he could paint them.

I ask the teacher walking through with her Montessori class if I could snap a picture. Aren't they darling?

Kids in the park were having almost as much fun as the senior citizens

I thought this was nice. They have a hot water faucet at the entrance of the park, so you can bring your own thermos with tea leaves inside and make you own tea.

Next stop Jing'an Temple