Shanghai 2

Hello everyone.

We are all back home from our amazing experience in China and now I have finally regained internet access… (So I can carry on with the blog).

Shanghai: Thursday

Well, there isn’t much to say about Shanghai on Thursday, apart from we had school all day. Our main topics of the day were bilingual science lessons (Biology and Physics), but we also had a Mathematics session where Matthew and Christopher Aaron gave feedback to the Wu Ai Senior High School on what we had found from our statistics project. This lasted a fluent 40 minutes with most people really engaged in what they had to say.
Following the Maths lesson, we had our Physical Education lesson where several choices were on offer.
The choices were Basketball inside, Basketball outside, Table Tennis or Badminton.
Yet again, Basketball was a very popular choice from most of the class, but some did choose the other sports on offer.
It was only a short PE lesson, but it was fun none the less.

Shanghai: Friday

Finally, we had become tourists! Our roles at the schools were over and now could dress in our everyday clothes and visit the interesting highlights in China.
Friday was our tour of Shanghai day and we visited many places in Shanghai.
First thing in the morning, we visited the Chinese Culture museum in the centre of Shanghai (for which I can’t remember the name of). The museum was a multi-storey piece of modern architecture and looked fabulous on the inside and the out. We learned about what the Chinese used to wear, their furniture, currency, calligraphy, monuments and many other things. All of which was very different from the English culture (in the past and present).
We also visited the Jin Mao Tower that is 88 stories and 431metres high, from which the views were spectacular (apart from the smog). We went up via a lift that went extremely quickly and made a lot of people’s ears pop towards the top.
After going up the Jin Mao Tower, we visited the Jade Buddha Temple. This was a magnificent piece of Chinese architecture (being the building and the Jade Buddha itself). The temple was full of Buddhists and tourists experiencing the temple. The temple was a great photo opportunity for everyone, but in the place if the Jade Buddha all photography was forbidden inn respect to the Buddha.
After our visit to the temple, we went to a shopping mall for some food. Some of us had a McDonalds, some a Burger King and some a KFC and the odd two went to a noodle bar. We had been looking forward to this meal due to some of us being very hungry but all trying their best to eat and enjoy the Chinese food so it was time for a treat!
Later on, we went for a trip on the Maglev Train (Magnetic Levitation), the fastest train on the planet. It was a 5-minute trip each way but we reached an astonishing 431km/h! This was a great experience and everyone was astounded by how fast we were travelling.
Before our dinner, we went shopping (again), this time in a rather Chinese style shopping area. All the buildings were traditionally styled and looked fantastic, especially when the outlining lights were turned on when it went dark.
To finish off our day, we went back to the main shopping street in Shanghai, where we had a Pizza Hut! I think that explains what we had.

We went back to the school and we packed our things for an early leave on Saturday. This was followed by a short game of Charades (if that’s how you spell it) and then followed by bed.

I think that’s a big enough update for now, I will add the Beijing updates later this week.

See you soon