End of Shanghai and back home...

China Day 9 - Almost the end of Shanghai and back to Hangzhou. We visited the Urban Planning center in the morning. They had a room sized, to scale model of Shanghai. It was amazing. The city is just massive, and seeing it all laid out was amazing. They also had a little 360 film room with animated models of how different areas would look when finished. The roads in Shanghai have a ton of elevated roadways, sometimes 3 levels high. Which is small next to the skyscrapers. And there are a lot more of those planned. I counted 9 cranes in one view of the city alone. They're building on a massive scale, and they have to with how many people they have to house and businesses moving in. It's really quite amazing.

A friend got me an authentic CUltural Revolution poster of Mao and the dramas about being a good party member. Fabulous souvenier, and she got it at the Museum of Propaganda for me. I was all excited, and it comes in those fabulous little Chinese scroll boxes. Kinda cool.

Then back on the bus and back through traffic to get home. It was a trek, and I'm not one to sleep pn moving vehicles very easily. I gotta be tired. But we made it back "home". It's kinda weird to think of Hangzhou as home, but I really do enjoy the little city. (Little meaning smaller than Shanghai. I think Hangzhou is bigger than San Diego). But things are familiar, and I know where to get non-weird food now , and I have my secret stash of ramen and beer for those days I don't want to deal with things.

I definitely need to get running in the mornings again. I wasn't keen on running in Shanghai due to the pollution and the size of the city. I haven't been running with my usual headphones so I can provide a more exciting dodge through traffic and actually hear the cars heading for me.

I have no idea how the hell we're going to take exams. We haven't covered enough material really. And I have a horrible advantage of sorts in being in my third year. Most of my compatriots are in their 1st or 2nd years of law school. Hmm, maybe I shoud study and get good grades. Gee, that might be a good plan, eh? Hooray for seniotitis. Maybe I'll see if My SPring grades are finally in yet.

Off to bed, class and a ridiculously busy week tomorrow.