First day in Shanghai

We arrived and walked around in the rain!



We took a bus to the Xi'an airport and picked up our luggage.	We were early to the airport, so we got to wander around the connected terminals.

Our plane arrives! We were on China Eastern flight 2337 to Shanghai.	Even the cups on the flight were excited about the Expo! (The littble blue guy is Haibao, the Expo mascot.)

The in-flight meal welcomed us!	The lunch box was full of goodies!

There were two choies: noodles or rice.

The rest of the box had a roll, jelly, a salad, fruit, and a popcorn snack.	There was also a "wet turban."
	The wet turban welcomed us to the flight, too!
We made it to Shanghai! This cute little guy (Haibao) was the mascot of the Expo.

Our tour group was down to four, so we took a minivan into town.	It was raining. There's a bridge--we're almost there!

Our driver dropped us at the Bund.	It's a pretty waterfront.
	We didn't have much time, and it was raining, so we didn't get a chance to explore the colonial buildings.

It was so foggy, only the bottom of the Oriental Pearl Tower was visible.	Then, for a few minutes, the whole tower was visible!

After the Bund, we drove a little and got out to walk in Xintandi.	The buildings in the area had been cleaned up/restored, and the area felt very Western.
We were such a small group, there was no lazy susan at dinner!

Our hotel in Shanghai was the Galaxy Hotel. We were in room 1922 on a non-smoking floor.

The bathroom was standard Western.	One of our favorite things about the room was the view, especially at night!