Winding down

Today is the last working day for both John and I. We will be packing over the weekend, moving our stuff to my parents' place on Monday. On Tuesday we'll be flying to Kunming, China to get our visas for Burma/Myanmar. We will fly to Mandalay, Burma on Sunday 1/6.

Here we are

Haven't seen us for awhile. Well....here's a recent pic taken on the Bund in Shanghai.

Finally

After 2 years of living in Shanghai we finally happened to walk by St. Ignatius Cathedral, located one block from our apartment, when it was open.

We were out yesterday and noticed a bunch of tour buses parked in front of the cathedral so we headed over, acted like we new what we were doing, and walked right in past the guys with blue badges around their necks.

Also noticed about 10 guys with the clerical collar, so it must have been an official church outing of some kind.

Inside, fairly traditional architecture. See photo below. A few people were praying. We noticed a photo of Pope John-Paul II in one of the chapels.

Inside.


Lit up at night during the Special Olympics last fall.

It's beginning ....

... to look a lot like Christmas in Shanghai.

Loaded

Three-wheeled bicycles are used to haul anything and everything in China. In the past month we've seen a few real loads.

The Styrofoam loads are common. Every expat has a photo. The ice load is unusual. That guy was really struggling.