Music: Pendulum, Sub Focus, Zero 7 & Royksopp
Today I had a free day. That meant a nice lie in, followed by another large load of hand washing in order to give me socks and underwear for the next week. Once I'd got that out of the way I went to Subway for brunch. I know it's a bit cheating but it didn't really taste the same as back in Europe. I had my standard Italian BMT with southwestern sauce and it tasted very bland. I'll hopefully not need to do that again though.
From there I walked to the other end of the main peadestrian shopping street. From there I wondered into the People's Garden. At the south end of this is the Shanghai museum. Although it's free to enter, the staff maintain a one in, one out policy after capacity has been reached. This meant a fairly long queue to get in.
The museum has a large number of exhibitions, from bronzeware to paintings and sculptures. Some of the bronze pieces are from the 11th to 13th century BC where som of the pottery on display dates back from between 5800 and 6200BC, along with the Ming and Qing Dynasty pieces. Rolf is pictured next to a pottery dog, dating back to around 200AD.
Once I'd explored all of this I headed back to my hotel quickly. From here I waited a few minutes while the sun went down and then headed out with my tripod into the now lit up city. My target was the TV tower the other side of the river, one stop away on the metro line near my hotel. This is a major feature on the skyline of the city and, unbeknownst to me, also hosts the highest revolving restaurant in Asia. I bought myself a dinner ticket and headed up to the dining level, 367m above the floor. It was only after I had left my seat to look over the various food stations, picking out a starter for myself that I discovered that it was only the circular section of floor holding the tables that rotates! When I sat down I was near a gap in the glass fence seperating the diners from the food stations. When I returned I was rather confused, seeing no gap anywhere near my table and also it lit up very differently! Only after I sat down again did I figure out which part was actually rotating...
After dinner I went to the observation lounge and took a couple of photos of the skyline, including the ever present Shanghai trading tower.
After that it was time to come home and sort through the photos for the day.
I'm up earlier tomorrow so I best go. Night all!
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