#BrightLightsBigCity…. Enjoying an evening in the city of Shanghai!!
It’s amazing how you can live in one place, go to another, and it feels like a mirror image…with just more people. In comparison to Beijing, Shanghai is definitely much more metropolitan. I was glad to see both places, because both offer something very unique and different.
This part of town (Nanjing Road) literally reminds me of a playful New York Times Square!! #Shanghai #DrGsChinaTakeover
Welcome to Shanghai!!
Another item checked off the list…. riding the Bullet Train!!
Such a smooth ride!! #DrGsChinaTakeOver
#AMAZING…. Got to check off a major item on my bucket list…One of the wonders of the #NewSevenWondersOfTheWorld!!
Walking and climbing the Great Wall of China!! Once used as a form of protection from other countries trying to invade, it spans 13,170 miles (21,196 kilometers), and is the longest man-made structure in history.
Let me tell you this, it is not for the faint of heart!!
You gotta pace yourself and take your time…’Cause on this day it was 100 degrees!!
5.12 miles later…I am so thankful and blessed to have experienced this wonder of the world!!
I DID IT!! Still can’t believe it!!
Later that day… Another site that I remember watching on the news as a young child and seeing it on National Geographic…Tiananmen Square!! Tiananmen is a city square in the center of the city! It has great cultural significance as it was the site of several important events in Chinese history.
For someone like me, who is not from China, this site is best known for the 1989 protests and massacre that ended with a military crackdown due to international media coverage, along with the internet and global connectivity.
As a highly trafficked place, the square contains the Monument to the People’s Heroes, the Great Hall of the People, the National Museum of China, and the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong. It spans 765 x 282 meters (215,730 m2 or 53.31 acres).
Sooooo much history in this massive place!!
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