Tuesday, April 25- Shanghai A little rainy, but warm. Up for breakfast at 7:30 for our departure at 8:30. One couple stays behind because they are not feeling well and one other couple wants to see the city on their own. The rest of us are headed back to the downtown Shanghai. It will be a long day as we have a show tonight. Our first stop is to visit a silk factory. Ron and I end up buying 2 pillows. I always have a hard time finding a comfortable, form fitting pillow. They pack them very well and will be easy to fit in our suitcase. We then go off of Nanjing St. which is a very popular shopping area. We are told by our guides not to follow anyone down the little alleys to buy on the Black Market. Of course we all do. We go in groups and do not feel intimidated or frightened at all. I buy a t-shirt and a purse that I will give to mom. We are there until 12:30, so now it's time for lunch. Two other people are deciding to stay in the bus instead of visiting a museum because they are not feeling well.  This museum has about 6 different exhibitions: a silk gallery, old money/coins, Calligraphy and painting gallery, etc..

The machines that stretch out the cocoons

Lady manually stretches out the cocoons, the silk.

They had all of our women help to stretch out the silk. It's amazing how much a little piece can pull out.

Busy Nanjing Road

It's a pedestrian street 

Busy for a Tuesday

Narrow alleyways

Paul and Rémi walking down the alley.

After a regular supper, we go to the venue for the Shanghai Acrobatic show. Wow, it was amazing. So worth it. I can't even begin to describe each act. It did remind me of Cirque du Soleil. Couldn't take any pictures. It's over shortly after 9 and we are back in our rooms by 10:30 pm. It's been a long day. Tomorrow's departure is 11:00 for the group flying to Vancouver and noon hour for the rest of us.