China, Day 8!

Today was a pretty laid back day. We relaxed after eating breakfast, and then Dan, Tim and I headed into the city to go to the Shanghai Propaganda Museum. We walked around for long enough that I had started to wonder if Dan was lost, but eventually we walked into this weird lot behind all of these buildings. Turns out the museum was in the basement of a dingy building! It was cool to see all the war posters they had from way back when. There were a lot of Anti - America posters, sad! I had a lot of trouble keeping the Chinese leaders straight - of course I know who Chairman Mao is, but I have a really hard time distinguishing the faces of all of the leaders. Dan knew them all, but Tim and I constantly got confused.

When we were finished with the museum, we decided to wander around for a while. We found a place to get some bubble tea, and decided to order some. I had been absolutely dying for something chocolate, so when I saw a chocolate oreo bubble tea, I jumped at the chance to have something chocolate. Word of advice: don't do that. We also headed over to a bakery and got some pastries to munch on for lunch, which was yummy.

We were pretty worn out, so we headed home early, and spent a lot of time reading. We also headed over to the pool, and swam for a while, which was really nice and relaxing. I haven't been used to the humidity since California is so much drier, so it was nice to get in a cold pool and swim some laps!